In just minutes, rising waters consumed dormitories and fields — claiming the lives of campers and staff alike, including two young sisters whose deaths have touched hearts nationwide.

Among the victims: 8-year-old twin sisters Hanna and Rebecca Lawrence, granddaughters of David Lawrence Jr., the former publisher of both the Miami Herald and Detroit Free Press. Their 14-year-old sister, Harper, miraculously survived.

“It has been an unimaginable time for all of us,” Lawrence shared in a statement to the Herald. “Hanna and Rebecca gave their parents John and Lacy and sister Harper, and all in our family, so much joy. They and that joy can never be forgotten.”

Lawrence’s son, John, and his wife Lacy — both attorneys based in Dallas — released a separate message through NBC News Texas, thanking supporters and speaking through their heartbreak.

“Hanna and Rebecca brought so much joy to us, to their