{"id":757621,"date":"2026-07-12T00:31:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T00:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/757621\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T00:31:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T00:31:10","slug":"army-national-guard-black-hawk-helicopters-airlift-202-missouri-campers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/757621\/","title":{"rendered":"Army National Guard Black Hawk helicopters airlift 202 Missouri campers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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In a high-stakes rescue operation Friday, Army National Guard Black Hawk helicopters swooped into Reynolds County, Missouri<\/a>, to airlift 202 young campers and staff members stranded by rapidly rising floodwaters at Camp Taum Sauk along the Black River in the Missouri Ozarks.<\/p>\n

Video released by the Missouri State Highway Patrol captured the tense moments as children ran to board the waiting helicopters.<\/p>\n

The campers, ages 8 to 16, and their counselors were successfully evacuated and taken to St. Louis<\/a>, where they were safely reunited with their families, troopers said.<\/p>\n

1 DEAD FOLLOWING DEVASTATING FLOODING IN MISSOURI, WITH MORE STORMS, HEAVY RAIN ON THE WAY<\/a><\/p>\n

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Video showed a dramatic Black Hawk rescue amid flooding in Missouri. (Sgt. Eddie Young\/Missouri State Highway Patrol)<\/p>\n

“We are beyond thankful for your help keeping our camp community safe,” Camp Taum Sauk officials posted in an Instagram post Saturday morning, expressing gratitude to the National Guard<\/a>, Reynolds County 911 Emergency Responders and the local Arcadia community.<\/p>\n

The historic coed camp has been in operation in Lesterville, roughly 125 miles south of St. Louis, since 1946.<\/p>\n

The camper rescue comes just over a year after the Guadalupe River in\u00a0Texas\u00a0Hill Country flooded July 4, 2025, taking the lives of at least 135 people, including 28 people at the all-girls Camp Mystic.\u00a0<\/p>\n

US MILITARY DEPLOYS MTVRS, AIRLIFTS AID TO VENEZUELA FOLLOWING DEADLY EARTHQUAKES<\/a><\/p>\n

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Items lie scattered inside a cabin at Camp Mystic after deadly flooding in Kerr County, Texas, July 5, 2025. (Reuters\/Sergio Flores, File)<\/p>\n

Nearby, operators of the Bearcat Getaway campground closed their property for the weekend and confirmed on Facebook Friday afternoon that all campers and staff were safe and accounted for.<\/p>\n

The dramatic aerial rescue at Camp Taum Sauk was part of a large, coordinated emergency response<\/a> across Missouri after a relentless storm system dumped 6 to 12 inches of rain on central, south-central and southeastern parts of the state.<\/p>\n

THREE DEAD, 7 RESCUED IN BOATING TRAGEDY AS SEVERE HOLIDAY WEEKEND STORM RAVAGES WISCONSIN TOURIST HOT SPOT<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Missouri State Emergency Management Agency shared photos of devastating flooding Saturday. (Missouri State Emergency Management Agency via Facebook)<\/p>\n

Following an executive order by Gov. Mike Kehoe declaring a state of emergency, local emergency personnel performed at least 351 swift-water rescues<\/a> across the region.<\/p>\n

“Missouri\u2019s first responders once again answered the call with extraordinary bravery, professionalism, and compassion,” Kehoe wrote in a statement on Facebook.<\/p>\n

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State officials are urging vigilance as the National Weather Service warned the already saturated soils could see an additional 2 to 4 inches of rainfall through the weekend.<\/p>\n

Alexandra Koch is a Fox News Digital Editor, with a focus on high-impact events that shape national conversation.<\/p>\n

She has covered major national crises, including the L.A. wildfires, Potomac and Hudson River aviation disasters, Boulder terror attack, and Texas Hill Country floods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! In a high-stakes rescue operation Friday, Army National Guard Black…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":757622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[98803,23,82195,324457,6747,45744,3,7645,21,19,22,20,25,24,2986],"class_list":["post-757621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-aftermath","tag-america","tag-camping","tag-floods-disasters","tag-missouri","tag-national-guard","tag-news","tag-st-louis","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=757621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/757622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=757621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=757621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=757621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}