Trinity University football coach still searching for daughter missing from Camp Mystic after Texas floods
'Asking for all prayers for a miracle for my baby girl Kellyanne,' Wade Lytal, offensive coordinator for the Trinity Tigers football team, posted to X.
The plea came with a heartbreaking video of Kellyanne delivering a solo at her elementary school Christmas pageant.
'I'll never forget when she told me she had a lead solo in the Christmas Pageant. She is absolutely fearless,' the proud, terrified father wrote.
4 Trinity University football coach Wade Lytal, Wife Malorie Lytal, and Daughters, Emmalynn, and Kellyanne (right)
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4 Search dog and handler at flood site in Kerr County, Texas.
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Kellyanne had been at Camp Mystic, a girls' Christian summer camp in Central Texas, when floodwaters crashed into her cabin and swept away scores of children and counselors.
Some 400 first responders from 20 city, state, and national agencies are frantically searching for 11 girls and a counselor who are still missing from the camp, Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha said on Sunday.
More than 850 people were rescued within 36 hours of the start of the flash flooding, which started after a sudden storm dumped more than a foot of rain on the region, officials said.
At least 68 people have died in Kerr County — the flooding's epicenter — and 12 more were killed in other counties.
'We will continue our search efforts until everyone is found,' Leitha assured, urging those who need to report missing loved ones to call 830-258-1111.
4 Wade Lytal, Trinity University football coach.
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4 Search and recovery workers clearing debris after flash flooding.
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Three victims identified Saturday include a high school soccer coach and his wife and a beloved high school teacher.
Five girls from Camp Mystic, ages 8 and 9, are among the dead — along with the camp's owner.
When asked why the camps weren't evacuated before the water level rose, and whether emergency alerts went out in time, Leitha and city manager Dalton Rice declined to comment, abruptly ending Sunday's 10 a.m. press conference
Rescuers face toppled trees, overturned cars, large piles of mud-filled debris, and other obstacles as they continue their rescue efforts.
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