
Jenna Bush Hager Sharing his personal camp mystic connection: his mom, Laura Busha counselor.
“My mum is a counselor there,” Bush Hager, 43, said on Monday, July 7, stage of TODAY Show. “But many of my friends have grown in this camp. Texas camps are institutions. … This camp is 100 years old. My mother is a drama advisor there.”
Bush Hager says “Many” of his friends had their kids at the camp last week, adding that the stories he heard in previous couple days are both “
“Texas has a Type of stability Where they are generous people, where people want to reach and help. Texas camps are very special because you think about 90-degree weather, no air conditioning, “he said.
Bush Hager explained that his childrenWho did he share with the husband Henry HagerAlso in Texas camps. (The couple, tying the knot of 2008, sharing daughters Mila, 12, Poppy, 9, and son, 5.)
“My children are in the Texas camp and my husband said, ‘Why are we sending the children to Texas to camp? It’s hot,'” he said. “And it’s because of love that is there.”
the Today in Jenna & Friends The host also gives honors to Dick Eastlandwhich served as a camp and died while trying to save campers.
“The Eastland family is Royalty Texas. They raised many girls and his son, who also passed, went to the (University of) Texas,” he shared. “But many of my friends say he was their father in the summer. He looked at his camps. He brought the girls to be brave and loving.”
Flash floods in Texas began on Friday, July 4, and killed more than 80 people, including 27 Campers and counselors To Camp Mystic.
“Our hearts are broken by our families who suffer from unimaginable tragedy. We pray for them always,” reading the Camp Mystic website. “We talk to local and state authorities uninterrupted deployment of many resources to find our lost girls.”
The statement continued, “We are very grateful for pouring support from community, first responders and officials to each of our families. May each of our families affect his presence in our house.”