A Texas Legislative Committee heard for the first time from the parents who demanded better flood warning systems, better training and equipment for camps near the river.

"I promised her she would be safe and OK. I told her camp was the safest place she could be and camp was a place she could make new friends and learn new things," said her mother, Carrie Hanna. "She not only wasn't safe. She died." Hanna said she received very poor communication about what had happened to her daughter.

Families of the victims killed at Camp Mystic during the Texas flood disaster spoke out at a hearing for a bill to improve safety at youth camps.

Between tears and anger, mothers and fathers of children who died at Camp Mystic in central Texas in a flood on July 4 pleaded with state lawmakers Wednesday to toughen safety at summer camps.

Parents whose children were among 27 killed at Camp Mystic on Texas' Guadalupe River during the Fourth of July flash flooding are scheduled to testify.

The families testified that counselors were told not to move children out of cabins until they received instructions to do so, even though floodwaters were rising.

Parents of Camp Mystic flooding victims plead for tougher safety measures as they testified before Texas lawmakers for the first time since July 4, when storms engorged the Guadalupe River.

An emotional plea resonated through the state capitol as parents who lost their daughters in the Camp Mystic flood disaster urged lawmakers to enact safety reforms. (KABB/WOAI)

The parents of Camp Mystic flood victims are scheduled to testify at a Texas Senate committee hearing on Wednesday.

KERRVILLE, Texas — A new foundation called the Heaven’s 27 Fund looks to honor the legacies of the 27 campers and counselors who died during the July 4 floods at Camp Mystic.

After 25 campers and two counselors were swept away by fast-rising water, lawmakers are looking to pass legislation to create uniform flood safety measures, protocols and standards. This, after Camp Mystic, along the Guadalupe River, has been criticized by parents and officials for not doing enough to keep kids safe.