Jenna Bush Hager Share your personal connection with Mystic field: your mother, Laura BushHe was a counselor.
“My mother was a counselor there,” said Bush Hager, 43, in the episode on Monday, July 7 Today show. “But also many of my friends were raised in this camp. Texas camps are institutions … This camp was 100 years old. So grandmothers, mothers, children have gone. My mother was a drama counselor.”
Bush Hager said that “many” of his friends had their children in the camp last week, adding that the stories he heard in recent days were “beautiful and tearful”.
“Texas has a Type of resilience Where are generous people, where people want to contact and help. Texas camps are really special because you are thinking of a 90 -degree climate, without air conditioning, “he said.
Jenna Bush Hager left some tears after sending her daughters to the camp. When Bush Hager, 42, began to remember the departure on Monday, July 8, the Episode of Today with Hoda & Jenna, a selfie with daughters Mila, 11 and Poppy, 8, appeared on the screen. “I mean, look at the mouth (…)
Bush Hage explained it their childrento whom he shares with the husband Henry HandThey are also in Texas camps. (The couple, who tied the knot in 2008, shares the 12 -year -old daughters Mila and Poppy, 9, and the son Hal, 5.)
“My kids are in the Texas camp and my husband said,” Why do we send children to Texas to the camp? It is hot, “he said.” And it is because of the love there. “
It Today with Jenna & Friends The host also paid tribute to Dick eastlandwho was the owner of the camp and died while trying to save the campers.
“The Eastland family is the royalty of Texas. They raised so many girls and their son, who has also passed, went to (the University of) Texas, where I went,” he shared. “But many of my friends said he was his summer father. He looked at his campers. He raised girls to be brave and loving and his legacy lived.”
Flash floods in Texas began on Friday, July 4 and killed more than 80 people, including 27 campers and counselors In the Mystic field.
“Our hearts are broken next to our families who are losing this unimaginable tragedy. We are constantly praying for them,” read the Camp Mystic website. “We have been in communication with local and state authorities who tirelessly unfold extensive resources to search for our missing girls.”
The statement continued: “We are deeply grateful for the departure of community support, the first to respond to all levels. We ask for your continuous sentences, respect and privacy for each of our affected families. That the Lord continues to wrap his presence around all of us.”
