Tearful parents of girls who died at Camp Mystic during Texas flooding last month, pleaded with state lawmakers Wednesday to toughen safety at summer camps.

"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.

An emotional plea resonated through the state capitol as parents who lost their daughters in the Camp Mystic flood disaster urged lawmakers to e

Parents of the 27 campers and counselors killed when floodwaters rushed through a summer camp in Texas' Hill Country pleaded with lawmakers Wednesday to pass a bill that would boost camp safety.

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.