University honors two incoming students killed in Kerrville floods
Emily Clanton, General News Reporter
Photo by Justin Daud
Published by The Daily Texan
October 18, 2025
Over 100 students, parents and faculty gathered in front of the Main Tower on Friday to observe a flag-lowering ceremony in honor of Chloe Childress and Katherine Ferruzzo, who were set to attend UT this semester but were killed in the disastrous Central Texas floods while working as counselors at Camp Mystic.
The ceremony, put on by the Office of the Dean of Students, opened with a condensed Longhorn Band rendition of “Taps,” a song often played for military memorials, while a member of the UTPD Honor Guard lowered the Texas flag, symbolizing a final farewell to the girls.
