How the Tragedy at Camp Mystic Unfolded, Cabin by Cabin
Amelia Moore, 14, had been awakened about an hour earlier by a clap of thunder so near that it shook her cabin at Camp Mystic. There were screams in the night. She and her friends in 'Angel's Attic' were growing anxious.
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