Two Dead, Two Missing in Costa Rica
Two southeast Kansas teens are dead and two other Kansans are missing after strong currents swept them away on a Costa Rican beach.
The school superintendent in southeast Kansas' Labette County says about ten students from Labette County High School were on a trip to Costa Rica.
Three of the students apparently got caught in strong currents yesterday off a beach about 180 miles south of the Costa Rican capital of San Jose.
Eighteen-year-old Danielle Tongier and 17-year-old Andrew Harpstrite are confirmed dead. A 17-year-old student -- Jessica Pierce -- and 26-year-old teacher Brett Carlson are missing.
A witness said that Brett Carlson saved two or three other students from drowning before he was drug under in the currents.
The school superintendent in southeast Kansas' Labette County says about ten students from Labette County High School were on a trip to Costa Rica.
Three of the students apparently got caught in strong currents yesterday off a beach about 180 miles south of the Costa Rican capital of San Jose.
Eighteen-year-old Danielle Tongier and 17-year-old Andrew Harpstrite are confirmed dead. A 17-year-old student -- Jessica Pierce -- and 26-year-old teacher Brett Carlson are missing.
A witness said that Brett Carlson saved two or three other students from drowning before he was drug under in the currents.
posted by Amethyst Rising at 3:14 PM
4 Comments:
I hope that they are okay wherever they are, and that they are not frightened.
This news is so tragic. My prayers are sent up.
I just feel so bad for the fmailies... As a parent, I would be a bit nervous about my child going that far away anyway... And having a child die would be the worst thing in the world, but to have them die so far away from you - feeling so helpless, not being there, and learning the news by phone... That is so horrible...
Yeesh, to go from Kansas to Costa Rica! No wonder they got lost! Haha!
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