They testified before Texas lawmakers for the first time since July 4, when storms engorged the Guadalupe River, killing their children.

"I promised her she would be safe and OK. I told her camp was the safest place she could be and camp was a place she could make new friends and learn new things," said her mother, Carrie Hanna. "She not only wasn't safe. She died." Hanna said she received very poor communication about what had happened to her daughter.

Dozens of families packed inside a small room at the Texas Capitol Monday shared tragic stories — and where their lives are now — after learning their daughters died in July floods at Camp Mystic. Read More: Dozens of families packed inside a small room at the Texas Capitol Monday shared tragic stories — and where their lives are now — after learning their daughters died in July floods at Camp Mystic.