Rams Quarterback Matthew Stafford shares personal connection to Camp Mystic after Texas floods devastate region | NFL News
Texas is fighting a massive nature’s rage. Flood hit central Texas on July 4 during the midnight, catching the laymen off guard. While the government official rescue team quickly jumped into the damage control, the hill country was flushed entirely by then, claiming the lives of at least 119, as per the source. Among the most devastated areas, Camp Mystic, the renowned Summer Camp for girls comes first. As the water started to sweep houses and lives that cursed morning, the 200-acre camp couldn’t stand tall. The Kerr country is grieving hard and so are its players. But not only the ones who’re officially signed to the country’s teams. The outside country’s athletes mourned the losses as well, but Los Angeles Rams QB Matthew Stafford’s reminiscence was a bit more personal.
Matthew Stafford wails over the tear down of the nostalgic camp rooted in his childhood
Camp Mystic suffered a tragic loss of 27 lives including counselors and young girls. What a horror to wake up to a new day with the spine chilling rush and sound of the uncontrollable howl from everywhere. Stafford, 37, never played for Texas but he was once very close to the area where the catastrophe occurred. It was his elder sister, Page who once attended a summer camp there and the entire family moved to Dallas, 300 miles away from the camp’s location.“Awful, awful thing to see,” Matthew breathed a sigh appearing in his wife, Kelly’s podcast,
‘the Morning After’. “I can’t imagine in the middle of the night waking up to something like that, whether you were at the camp or around. It’s a tough thing to look at. It’s tough to understand why those things happen.”
The fastest player in NFL history to reach 40,000 career passing yards was born in Tampa, Florida to John and Margaret Stafford. His swimmer father’s finest genes quickly paid off as little Matthew started to incline to the gridiron and never looked back. The journey to the top of his professional football was earthreal. But what’s even more elite about the former Bulldog is his deep empathy and the ability to relate with any grieving soul.
‘’Definitely heart wrenching. A tough thing to read about and see about. Just thinking about the people in that region of the country. It hits pretty close to home for me,” the
veteran quarterback continued aching for those in pain.His wife, Kelly, 36, raises the much sought after question about the children’s safety. After July 4th’s nightmare, parents can no longer sleep in peace sending their kids to a camp. Also Read: Matthew Stafford’s Wife Kelly Stafford Opens Up About Using Weed Gummies To Manage Parenting Stress With Four Daughters
