Hammond got his window down and he and his wife escaped through the front of the car. Malaya had the harder task of getting the minivan’s back door open as the water quickly rose, her father said. “Miraculously, she got it open in time," he said, and Malaya helped her siblings and the friend escape, sending them all into the rushing waters.

Recovery teams are still searching for the victims of the deadly Fourth of July floods that hit Central Texas.

The camp also failed to move several older cabins even though they were in a floodway, which, according to Kerr County officials, is “an extremely hazardous area due to the velocity of floodwaters.”