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AUSTIN, Texas — Longhorns safety Michael Taaffe put something more important than football front and center at this week’s SEC Media days. The Westlake alum wore a burnt orange tie with 27 sets of initials, honoring kids and employees from Camp Mystic who lost their lives in the devastating flooding on July 4.
Katherine Ferruzzo, a Camp Mystic counselor who had been missing since the Texas floods, was found dead on Friday, July 11, Ferruzzo's family confirmed in a statement obtained by NBC 5.
Records released Tuesday show Camp Mystic met state regulations for disaster procedures, but details of the plan remain unclear.
About 1,000 miles away, Texas Longhorns safety Michael Taaffe stood before reporters, wearing a tie with the initials of the 28 victims from Camp Mystic.
Texas DB Michael Taaffe is wearing a tie at SEC Media Days with the initials of the campers & counselors who died at Camp Mystic in the Texas floods🧡 (via @levonwhitt_tv) https://t.co/pEVRDURnuN pic.twitter.com/Tz7Dz2Fshs
Young girls, camp employees and vacationers are among the at least 120 people who died when Texas' Guadalupe River flooded.
Bubble Inn saw generations of 8-year-olds enter as strangers and emerge as confident young ladies equipped with new skills from the great outdoors and lifelong friends – bonds that would one day prove vital in the face of unfathomable tragedy.