Camp Mystic, Texas and floods
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Ferruzzo's family released a statement confirming that the 19-year-old's remains were found on Friday, July 11
The camp where 27 girls died successfully challenged initial risk designations by US regulators, according to reports.
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Katherine Ferruzzo had been accepted to the University of Texas at Austin for the fall semester and planned to become a Special Education teacher, her family said.
"And our cabins are high up, and for them to be flooding, it's like, you know, something's wrong," Georgia Jones said.
The remains of Katherine Ferruzzo, the only Camp Mystic counselor who remained unaccounted for, were found Friday, her family said in a statement. Ferruzzo, 19, is among the 27 Camp Mystic campers and counselors who died during the devastating July 4 flooding in Kerr County. She was serving as a counselor at the camp's Bubble Inn this summer.
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