Bodies of 5th grade teacher and 10-year-old student recovered from water following incident during Iowa field trip

The bodies of a fifth grade student and a teacher were recovered from the water at Lake MacBride State Park in Iowa following an incident during a field trip.

The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office was called to the park Tuesday afternoon for reports of people in the water near Coralville Reservoir, a news release said.

The body of Hannah Jorgensen, 24, of Tiffin, was pulled from the water around 12:43 p.m., and a search was launched for a missing 10-year-old boy.

The child, Ahmed Osman, of Iowa City, was found dead Wednesday, authorities said in an update.

Fifth grade students from Borlaug Elementary School were on a “School of the Wild Field Trip,” NBC affiliate KWWL of Waterloo reported.

The Iowa City Community School District confirmed the deaths Thursday on Facebook.

“Our hearts are shattered by the loss of two beloved members of our Borlaug Elementary family, fifth-grade teacher Hannah Jorgensen and fifth-grade student Ahmed Osman. There are simply no words that can adequately express the depth of this loss,” the district said.

“Hannah and Ahmed were so much more than members of our school community. They were a teacher and student, a colleague and classmate, a friend, and most…

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