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John Cornyn: “There are 27 campers, these young girls still missing.”

Featuring: John Cornyn, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Texas Senator John Cornyn Discusses Devastating Floods in Central Texas

Published | Video Starts at 01:30

And of course, they were traumatized by the whole event, but they were just beside themselves with joy that they had recovered their children. But tragically, as you point out, There are 27 campers, these young girls still missing. And this was a hundred year flood event in an area that had been known to flood, but nothing like this, where the floodwaters rose 26ft in about 45 minutes in the middle of the night. (01:30–01:34)

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