(10 Jul 2025)
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Kerrville, Texas – 9 July 2025
1. Various of people gathering at Tivy High School stadium to mourn the victims of the catastrophic flash floods during a vigil with worship music ++MUSIC AT SOURCE++
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Wyatt Wentrcek, local youth minister:
"Our communities were struck with tragedy literally in the darkness in the middle of the night. But as the sun rose, as the light came, we were the light of Christ. Amen. We are called to be the light of Christ. And so many of us have been called into action to serve in our communities, in our churches, in our own homes. I have found myself asking what exactly can I do today? And I’ve had to be reminded often that, for us as believers, one thing that every single one of us can do is to pray and to trust that our loving God, Jesus the Holy Spirit, hears our prayers and answers those prayers that God is real, Amen. And that he is here. He is with us here tonight."
3. Wide of vigil, UPSOUND (English) Wyatt Wentrcek, local youth minister:
"We pray for all residents of Kerr County. This is our home. This is the beautiful hill country that we have grown to love and to cherish. Let us pray to the Lord."
4. Various of people praying and listening during the vigil
5. Various of people singing and listening to worship music ++MUSIC AT SOURCE++
6. Mid of a guitarist playing worship music and singing ++MUSIC AT SOURCE++
STORYLINE:
Several hundred people gathered for a worship ceremony at a high school stadium in Texas on Wednesday evening to remember the at least 120 people who died in the catastrophic flash floods over the July Fourth holiday, as well the many still missing.
“Our communities were struck with tragedy literally in the darkness,” Wyatt Wentrcek, a local youth minister, told the crowd in the bleachers of Tivy Antler Stadium in Kerrville.
During a series of prayers for the victims and the more than 160 people still believed to be missing in hard-hit Kerr County, which includes Kerrville, people in the crowd clutched one another and brushed away tears.
Many attendees wore blue shirts with the school’s slogan, “Tivy Fight Never Die,” or green ribbons for Camp Mystic, the century-old all-girls Christian summer camp in Kerr County where at least 27 campers and counselors died.
Officials said five campers and one counselor have still not been found.
The event was held as search crews and volunteers continued to scour miles along the Guadalupe River for the people still missing.
In air boats, helicopters and on horseback, crews looked in trees and mounds below their feet, while search dogs sniffed for any sign of buried bodies.
With almost no hope of finding anyone alive, searchers said they were focused on bringing the families of the missing people some closure.
The floods are now the deadliest from inland flooding in the U.S. since 1976, when Colorado’s Big Thompson Canyon flooded, killing 144 people, said Bob Henson, a meteorologist with Yale Climate Connections.
Officials have been seeking more information about those who were in the Hill Country, a popular tourist destination, during the holiday weekend but did not register at a camp or a hotel and may have been in the area without many people knowing, Gov. Greg Abbott has said.
Public officials in the area have come under repeated criticism amid questions about the timeline of what happened and why widespread warnings were not sounded and more preparations were not made.
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