Camp Mystic Security Guard Saved Dozens Amid Deadly Flooding

The New York Times ^ | Oct. 18, 2025 | J. David Goodman

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A Camp Mystic Security Guard Saved Dozens. He’s Still ‘Too Numb to Cry.’

In interviews with The New York Times, the guard, Glenn Juenke, offered the most detailed firsthand account yet of what staff members did as floodwaters rose at the Texas camp in July.

Glenn Juenke, a night security guard for Camp Mystic in Kerrville, Texas, on Wednesday. Mr. Juenke’s account of his actions during the deadly flooding at Camp Mystic represents the most detailed firsthand description yet of what senior staff members at the camp did as the Guadalupe River surged.Credit...Scott Ball for The New York Times

In interviews with The New York Times, the guard, Glenn Juenke, offered the most detailed firsthand account yet of what staff members did as floodwaters rose at the Texas camp in July.

Glenn Juenke, a night security guard for Camp Mystic in Kerrville, Texas, on Wednesday. Mr. Juenke’s account of his actions during the deadly flooding at Camp Mystic represents the most detailed firsthand description yet of what senior staff members at the camp did as the Guadalupe River surged.Credit...Scott Ball for The New York Times

The water rushing through Camp Mystic in the pre-dawn darkness of July 4 in Texas Hill Country had a force that nearly knocked Glenn Juenke off his feet.

Thunder crashed simultaneously with flashes of lightning. Several cabins of girls had already been safely shepherded to a nearby two-story recreation building. The Wiggle Inn was next. But as the murky, churning water rose, Mr. Juenke, the camp’s night security guard, realized it was too dangerous to evacuate the cabin. The young campers would have to ride out the storm where they were, in waterlogged bunks, and then on inflatable camping mattresses, amid floating debris.

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Did you know blacks were all over youtube cheering over the little girls’ deaths simply because they were white and Christian. They also wanted open season on whites. One in particular, the wife of a preacher, saying they deserved what they got. He is Jewish but has an LBGT woke church and appears white.

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Worthless with the fire wall blocking the content.

How about you tell us in your words, what he did.