@MsLacey9, It must have been absolutely terrifying for you and your friends. I was 11 when that flood happened. Have you seen the movie "The Flood who will save our children" which chronicles the ordeal you and your fellow campers endured.
I was the news director at KERV-AM in Kerrville. We were the first news station on the scene. We f'ed reports to stations world wide for the first few hours of this tragedy because the San Antonio stations could not get to Comfort because of the severe weather. It's a day I will never forget.
I still live in this county where this happened and there is one boy named John Bankston who was part of the bus group started saving lives. One after another, John retrieved them from their precarious, disappearing perches. Reports mention John carrying one camper on his back for 30 full minutes before getting him to safety—a half hour for just that one camper.
Somewhere out there in the water, John disappeared. To this day his remains have never been found.
I too went to this camp (Pot of Gold) for about 4 years. I actually went this same year about 2 weeks before them, but our bus was pulled up a large hill at the back entrance because of the high water. Not sure why they tried to cross. Bless them.
This is my home town. My dad, the game warden, discovered what had happened and called it in. I can still remember this day. I still drive down there everytime I come home to visit. They put in a high water crossing many years ago, but I still remember...
more than teenage girls died in this flood...my older brother Micheal was one of the victims. The plaque on the riverbank lists all the kids who died.
I was a the camp right next to the Pot of Gold church camp (my camp was Sons of Herman Summer camp). We didn't have buses so we had to be taken out by the National Guard. I remember watching the news that day and the disbelief I felt when I saw those kids hanging from trees and getting swept away by the angry, raging river. I kept thinking that could be me. I was 10 years old. Not a day goes by that I don't think about that day and pray for the families of those children.
This sad story was also made into a movie Flood who save our Children and the event where Mike and Dave try to save the girl is depicted in the movie too. I didn't learn about this event until I started watching Rescue 911 and at the time this happen I was 3years old. I seen the footage in the Rescue 911 segement but not the footage of Dave putting his camera down but that event was also seen in the movie too.
I remember that day well. As i was driving through Comfort I met the other busess that had taken the high road coming into town, and I remember thinking "Man I bet those kids are glad to be safe". This was about an hour before I realized that the other bus never made it through. I also saw as that girl was lifted up in the air and remember her wiggling trying to hold on for life before letting go. Sad day.
@MsLacey9, It must have been absolutely terrifying for you and your friends. I was 11 when that flood happened. Have you seen the movie "The Flood who will save our children" which chronicles the ordeal you and your fellow campers endured.
holocaustdefender33 6 months ago
I was the news director at KERV-AM in Kerrville. We were the first news station on the scene. We f'ed reports to stations world wide for the first few hours of this tragedy because the San Antonio stations could not get to Comfort because of the severe weather. It's a day I will never forget.
MrMustang1965 7 months ago
vamos lavar os bares de recife.....kkkkk
nain445 1 year ago
@nain445: olha ok vc tem contra o Recife, hein???
bem pensa bem de onde vc???
conxixina!!!!
kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
babacão!!
Latino112ale 1 year ago
i live where the flood started and it runied my house
silverlightofdawn1 1 year ago
any google earth coordinates for the location where the bus was hit by the flood?
bradhig 1 year ago
John Bankston was never found
ajfan1999 1 year ago
I still live in this county where this happened and there is one boy named John Bankston who was part of the bus group started saving lives. One after another, John retrieved them from their precarious, disappearing perches. Reports mention John carrying one camper on his back for 30 full minutes before getting him to safety—a half hour for just that one camper.
Somewhere out there in the water, John disappeared. To this day his remains have never been found.
ajfan1999 1 year ago
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Whos body was not found?
ramtruck20 1 year ago
sad one
TheLoveyou33 2 years ago
yea there was boys two..like this guy names brad he saved his friend who leg was broken...this was tragic..
H20fanatic20 2 years ago
yeah it wasn't just girls; boys died too
14Waverider14 2 years ago 2
man I remember this i was only 7 or 8 when this happend
Qdrum803 3 years ago
I too went to this camp (Pot of Gold) for about 4 years. I actually went this same year about 2 weeks before them, but our bus was pulled up a large hill at the back entrance because of the high water. Not sure why they tried to cross. Bless them.
mmarceric 3 years ago
This is my home town. My dad, the game warden, discovered what had happened and called it in. I can still remember this day. I still drive down there everytime I come home to visit. They put in a high water crossing many years ago, but I still remember...
camojeepguy 3 years ago
more than teenage girls died in this flood...my older brother Micheal was one of the victims. The plaque on the riverbank lists all the kids who died.
snlsomers 3 years ago 3
this is my home town.....i still go to hermannsonyouth camp and its still VERY popular
karlee72195 3 years ago
I was a the camp right next to the Pot of Gold church camp (my camp was Sons of Herman Summer camp). We didn't have buses so we had to be taken out by the National Guard. I remember watching the news that day and the disbelief I felt when I saw those kids hanging from trees and getting swept away by the angry, raging river. I kept thinking that could be me. I was 10 years old. Not a day goes by that I don't think about that day and pray for the families of those children.
mommyof2munchkins 3 years ago 2
This sad story was also made into a movie Flood who save our Children and the event where Mike and Dave try to save the girl is depicted in the movie too. I didn't learn about this event until I started watching Rescue 911 and at the time this happen I was 3years old. I seen the footage in the Rescue 911 segement but not the footage of Dave putting his camera down but that event was also seen in the movie too.
RedPolarBearRanger 3 years ago
this was also made into a segment on RESCUE 9-1-1-.
gregorkrause 3 years ago
What happened did they try to cross a bridge and got hit by the flood or were they trav\eling alongside the river when the flood hit them?
bradhig 4 years ago
I remember that day well. As i was driving through Comfort I met the other busess that had taken the high road coming into town, and I remember thinking "Man I bet those kids are glad to be safe". This was about an hour before I realized that the other bus never made it through. I also saw as that girl was lifted up in the air and remember her wiggling trying to hold on for life before letting go. Sad day.
bigtex581 4 years ago
@bigtex581 that was my cousin
spitfire42000 6 months ago
never forget this children....
smutek222 4 years ago