Dennis Quaid Offers Prayers For Families Affected By Texas Floods
For the well-known actor from Texas, a sleepless night and an unanswered phone call turned into a terrifying reminder of the force of nature.
Dennis Quaid talked candidly about the anxiety he felt during the devastating floods in Texas that killed over 100 people because he was unable to get in touch with his teenage daughter, Zoe Quaid. In an interview conducted on July 11, 2025, the “Parent Trap” actor recounted his experience, focussing on the psychological impact and personal ties that made the tragedy so personal.
Dennis described how the recent floods in Texas became a terrible night of uncertainty in an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital.
Known for having strong ties to the Lone Star State, he clarified that on the day the devastating floods started to wreak havoc, his daughter, 17, was working as a counsellor at Camp Longhorn, a summer camp located roughly 75 miles north of Kerrville.
The Hill Country had already been devastated by the swelling waters, and Dennis became more and more anxious as news kept coming in.
“I heard about this as I was going to bed that night,” he revealed. “And I tried to call her because I knew she was up there. I knew it wasn’t near where the floods were, but I wasn’t able to talk to her till the next day.” As a result, the actor “didn’t really get a lot of sleep that night.”
Although his daughter and many others in the camp were unharmed, they were nonetheless impacted by the chaos in the surrounding neighbourhood. When the rushing floodwaters overtook and carried away an RV parked next to the Guadalupe River, one of Zoe’s fellow campers lost her entire family.
Dennis therefore urged compassion and prayer on behalf of the victims, emphasising the need of the Kerr County Flood Relief Fund in providing aid to those in need. The actor also talked about the kids who survived the harrowing night, saying it made him feel very uneasy to think of what they had to go through.
The emotional burden, regrettably, did not stop there. The Hunt family is good friends with Dennis and his wife, Laura Savoie.
Clark Hunt, owner of the Kansas City Chiefs, lost a young family member — 9-year-old Janie Hunt — to the floodwaters that overtook Camp Mystic, which isn’t far from Camp Longhorn. “I can’t imagine how that would … how devastating that would be,” Dennis said while talking about his friend’s loss.
Tavia Hunt, Clark’s wife, posted a series of pictures and an emotional statement on Instagram on July 5th, expressing her loss. Heartbroken, she wrote, “by the devastation” and the death of multiple innocent lives, including “a precious little Hunt cousin.”
In a very private contemplation, she also asked how one could continue to believe in a higher power that permits “such terrible things to happen — even to children.”
While her caption emphasised themes of faith and healing, the remainder of her statement featured Bible scriptures meant to provide consolation.
She urged people who are grieving to rely on their religion, implying that having faith does not mean that the suffering is over but rather that it can be entrusted to a greater force in the hopes of healing and rebirth.
Meanwhile, Camp Longhorn released a public message on July 4, also expressing sorrow over the situation. “We are heartbroken by the tragic events unfolding in Kerr and Hunt Counties. Our prayers are with our friends in the camp community, the families affected, and all those impacted by this devastating flooding,” their statement read.
The message also reassured families that Camp Longhorn remained safe and unaffected by the flooding. Additionally, the caption under the post emphasized the camp’s solidarity with others, “We’re lifting up our fellow camps close in prayer and are standing with the entire Hill Country community during this time.
In spite of this tragedy, Zoe, like many youngsters, experienced an apparently typical summer as a camp counsellor.
In an otherwise stressful and heartbreaking week, she shared a few happy pictures of herself and her pals on July 6th, wearing summer dresses and beside the lake. The caption she posted was, “life in the 78611 #hbnh.
This anecdote demonstrates how natural disasters have far-reaching effects that go much beyond the initial destruction, even if Dennis Quaid’s daughter was unharmed. We send our deepest sympathies to everyone impacted.
