Heartbreaking testimony from parents of Camp Mystic victims
FLOODS IN TEXAS. THEY'RE DEMANDING ACTION, SAYING THEIR. DAUGHTERS' DEATHS WERE PREVENTABLE. HERE'S MORGAN CHESKY. WERE PREVENTABLE. HERE'S MORGAN CHESKY WITH THOSE MOMENTS. WITH THOSE MOMENTS. >> THIS WAS 100% PREVEVENTABLE. PREVENTABLE. >> Reporter: TODODAY, IN AUSTIN. IN AUSTIN. >> MY BABY GIRL IS STILL L MISSING. STILL MISSING. >> Reporter: PARENTS WHO LOST DAUGHTERS. >> Reporter: PARENTS WHO LOST DAUGHTERSRS WHEN FLOODS. WHO LOST DAUGHTERS WHWHEN FLOODS DESTROYED CAMP. DESTROYED CAMP MYSTIC POURING OUT THEIR HEARTS A AND. MYSTIC POURING OUT THEIR HEARTS AND DEMANDING ACTION. THEIR HEARTS AND DEMANDING ACTION. . 27 GIRLS WERE. DEMANDING ACTION. . 27 GIRLS WERE KILLED. 27 GIRLS WERE KILLED. THE MOTHER OF SEAL. KILLED. THE MOTHER OF SEAL STEWART, THE ONLY. THE MOTHER OF SEAL STEWART,T, THE ONLY CAMPER WHOSE BODY. STEWART, THE ONLY CAMPER WHOSE BODY HAS NOT BEEN FOUND, HAS NOT BEEN FOUND, SAID THEY WERE BETRAYAYED BY CAMP. BETRAYED BY CAMP OFFICIALS WHO WERE UNPREPARED.
UNPREPARED. >> PROTOCOLS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEBEEN IN. SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN PLACE WERE IGNORED. AS A RESULT, MY. PLACE WERE IGNORED. AS A RESULT, MY DAUGHTER WAS STOTOLEN. AS A RESULT, MY DAUGHTER WAS STOLEN FROM US. DAUGHTER WAS STOLEN FROM US. >> Reporter: THE. FROM US. >> Reporter: THE PARENTS SUPPORTING. PARENTS SUPPORTING NEW LEGISLATION THAT WOULD BAR LICENSNSES. NEW LEGISLATION THAT WOULD BAR R LICENSES FOR CAMPS THAT PLACE. WOULD BAR LICENSNSES FOR CAMPS THAT PLACE CABINS IN. FOR CAMPS THAT PLACE CABINS IN FLOODPLAINS AND. FLOODPLAINS AND REQUIRE CAMPS TO CONDNDUCT EVACUATION. REQUIRE CAMPMPS TO CONDUCT EVACUATION DRILLS. CONDUCT EVACUATION DRDRILLS. >> SHE WAS SO KIND. DRILLS. >> SHEHE WAS SO KIND. THE MOST GENTLE. >> SHE WAS SO KIND. THE MOST GENTLE LITTLE GIRL WHWHO. THE MOST GENTLE LITTLE GIRIRL WHO FIERCELY LOVED HER. LITTLE GIRL WHO FIERCELY LOVED HER LITTLE SISTERS AND. FIERCELY LOVED HER LITTLE SISTERS AND ALL HER FRIENDS. LITTLE SISTERS AND ALL HER FRIENDS. >> Reporteter: BLAKE. >> Reporter: BLAKE AND CAITLIN BONNER SPEAKING ABOBOUT THEIR. SPEAKING ABOUT THEIR BELOVED 9-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, LILA.
BELOVED 9-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, LILA. >> WHY WERE OUR. DAUGHTER, LILA. >> WHYHY WERE OUR CHILDREN SLEEPING IN. >> WHY WERE OUR CHILDREN SLEEPING IN A KNOWN HIGH RISK. A KNOWN HIGH RISK FLOOD ZONE? >> Reporter: >> Reporter: LAWMAKERS LISTENING, SOME IN TEARS. LAWMAKERS LISTENING, SOME IN N TEARS. PASSING THE BILL OUT. SOSOME IN TEARS. PASSING THE BILL OUT OF COMMITTEE AS. PASSING THE BIBILL OUT OF COMMITTEE AS HEART-BROKEN PARENTS. HEART-BROKEN PARENTS PRESS ON. >> WHAT I DO KNOW IS. PRESS ON. >> WHAT I DO KNOW ISIS THAT MY DAUGHTER. THAT MY DAUGHTER SHOULD STILL BE HERE. SHOULD STILL BE HERE. WE CAN'T L LET. HERE. WE CAN'T LET COMPLACENCNCY CLAIM. WE CAN'T LET COMPLACECENCY CLAIM THE LIFE OF ANOTHER. D. THE LIFE OF ANOTHER CHILD. >> Reporter: AND. CHILD. >> Reporter: AND TONIGHT, CAMAMP MYSTIC. >> Reporter: AND TONIGHT, CAMP MYMYSTIC TELLING NBC NEWS. TELLING NBC NEWS THEY WORKED TO QUOTE, ENSURE A SASAFE. THEY WORKED TO QUOTE, ENSURE A SAFE AND D SUPPORTIVE. AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT, ADDING THEY ALSO SUPPORT.
