A tragic photo shows the girls and counsellors who were staying at one of the cabins at Camp Mystic before they were washed away in the Texas floods.
It comes as the death toll in the wake of the devastating floods has now surpassed 100 and is expected to rise further as more victims are found.
Operators of Camp Mystic, a century-old summer camp in the Texas Hill Country, said they lost 27 campers and counsellors, confirming their worst fears after a wall of water slammed into cabins built along the edge of the Guadalupe River.
“Our hearts are broken alongside our families that are enduring this unimaginable tragedy. We are praying for them constantly,” a statement on the camp website read.
A photograph, circulated widely on social media, shows 13 girls and two counsellors who were staying in Camp Mystic’s Bubble Inn cabin which, alongside the Twins cabin, housed the youngest of the girls aged eight to 10.
Cabins were less than 500 feet from the river and took in water from two directions, the Guadalupe river and a nearby creek, which made the girls’ escape challenging.
As of Monday morning, the bodies of 10 girls and counsellor Chloe Childress, 18, have been found, while counsellor Katherine Ferruzzo and three campers — Molly DeWitt, Ellen Getten and Abby Pohl — remain missing.
The girls from the Bubble Inn cabin who are confirmed dead are Janie Hunt, Margaret Bellows, Lila Bonner, Lainey Landry, Sarah Marsh, Linnie McCown, Winne Naylor, Eloise Peck, Renee Smajstrla and Mary Stevens.
“We have been in communication with local and state authorities who are tirelessly deploying extensive resources to search for our missing girls,” the camp said in its statement.
“We are deeply grateful for the outpouring of support from community, first responders, and officials at every level.”
A Texas reporter shared a statement from Ms Ferruzzo’s family yesterday which read: “As of today, our daughter, Katherine Ferruzzo, a counselor in the Bubble Inn cabin at Camp Mystic, remains unaccounted for.
“We ask for your ongoing prayers as responders search for her and the many other victims of last week’s devastating floods in Central Texas.
“Katherine has a fierce and loving spirit, and we have no doubt she did all she could to save the lives of the girls in her cabin.
“Our family asks that you give us privacy while we await more news and grieve this tragedy.”
According to reports, co-owner of the Christian girls camp Dick Eastland, died while trying to save the girls in the Twins and Bubble Inn cabins.
With additional rain on the way, more flooding remains a threat in saturated parts of the US state.
Authorities said the death toll was sure to rise as crews looked for many people who were missing.
King Charles has written to President Trump to offer his "deepest sympathy" to those who lost loved ones over the July Fourth weekend, the British Embassy in Washington said.
"Following the devastating flooding in Texas, His Majesty King Charles has written to President Trump to express his profound sadness at the tragic loss of life," the embassy said.
"He offered his deepest sympathy to all families who have lost loved ones and paid tribute to courage and selflessness of the emergency service and volunteers."
