KERR COUNTY, Texas – Wetin dey happen for here na serious gbege. Flood wey throway lyf for Camp Mystic don carry at least 27 girls comot and one of dem, Dick Eastland, wey be di director, don lose im life trying to save dem.
As dem talk am, di flooding no dey gree abeg. Last Friday be di date wey dis wahala start, heavy rain dey fall as e carry overflow di Guadalupe River. Eastland’s nephew, Gardner Eastland, naim first announce di sad news for Facebook, wey still dey pain plenty families for di area.
Camp Mystic, wey be private Christian summer camp, dey host about 750 campers when di tragedy happen. Dem don confirm say at least 27 people don die, plus 18 adults and 9 children join di list. E no gree make person sleep well, right? Camp na since 1926, e don dey run as riverside retreat. Eastlands family don own di camp since 1974, and wetin we see now na heartache.
Dem dey say some of di girls wey miss fit dey stranded. Na wetin happen wen water don gather plenty and e no get time for anybody. Di camp dey try locate dem with local officials. Tweety, Eastland wife, don dey safe for home but di sorrow no fit measure di trauma wey families dey face.
As dem dey gather information, di big question be: wetin dem go do for di future? Di National Weather Service don send plenty warnings, but wetin we go talk na how dem plan to improve things for di next time wey such disaster go show face.
George Eastland talk about im grandpa as hero wey no fit just sit down while people dey in trouble. E write say: “If him no wan go due by natural cause, e go choose di last option wey involve saving girls wey he hold dear.” Now di man no dey again, but im legacy go dey shine for di hearts of many.
First responders still dey look for di missing, no matter wetin dem talk reach di media about “recovery.” Kidd, wey be Texas Emergency Management Chief, don talk say dem go push hard till dem find di last person. Di word recovery fit mean different things, na true, but for now, wey dey focus on finding di living.
Former President George W. Bush and Barack Obama don sha share their condolences too. Bush comment on di matter, thanking first responders for di work wey dem dey do to save and support families. Di situation for Kerr County no easy at all, and as di Dallas Cowboys don announce dem go donate $500,000, hope dey rise small for di community.
Dis na serious matter and we go keep our ears down to know more as di story dey unfold. Make we pray for di families and everybody wey dey involved in dis heartbreaking situation.
