She never let it go… and it brought her home when the river rose — 9-year-old camper Janie Hunt’s body found after Texas floods thanks to grandma’s tiny beaded gift Before the Fourth of July rains turned Camp Mystic into a tragedy that stole 27 lives, Janie Hunt clutched her grandma’s simple gift — a necklace of bright little beads spelling “Janie.” It wasn’t just jewelry — it was her comfort when the thunder rolled, her secret armor when homesickness crept in. When the floods hit and search teams combed the wreckage, it was that necklace — still snug against her heart — that told rescuers who she was. “She loved that necklace,” her grandma Margaret said through tears. “It kept her close to us, even in the water.” Now, the same beads that helped her family find her will rest with her forever — a reminder that this “really special little girl” loved life, loved everybody, and even the river couldn’t wash her away.
NEED TO KNOW Jane Hunt, one of the at least 27 campers and counselors who lost their lives at Camp Mystic during the flooding tragedy in Texas over the Fourth of July weekend, is being remembered by her family Her grandma, Margaret Hunt, remembers the child and tells PEOPLE how the family was able to … Read more