Texas Board of Nursing temporarily suspends Mary Elizabeth Eastland's license after she allegedly evacuated herself and her children during a deadly flood at Camp Mystic, leaving campers and staff without care. 27 people died in the July 2025 flood.
Texas Board of Nursing suspends co-director Mary Liz Eastland's license, accusing her of abandoning campers during a catastrophic flood that killed 27. Eastland denies allegations, calling the suspension premature punishment.
The director of Camp Mystic, a Christian girls camp in Texas Hill Country, offered a tearful apology during a legislative hearing for the July 2025 flood that killed 25 campers and 2 counselors. Edward Eastland, whose father Richard died in the flood, acknowledged the camp's failure to keep young campers safe. Legislative investigators cited the camp's lack of training as a critical problem. The Eastland family wants to reopen the camp in late May with nearly 900 girls, sparking anger from victims' families and calls for state regulators to deny the camp's license renewal.
Young and inexperienced Camp Mystic counselors were not trained to handle flood and other emergency situations, and feared making decisions on their own
