Teacher and 10-Year-Old Student Die During Field Trip at Iowa State Park

Authorities and school officials say a fifth-grade teacher and a 10-year-old student died after both ended up in the water during a field trip to a state park on Tuesday, September 22. Hannah Jorgensen, 24, a fifth-grade teacher at Borlaug Elementary, was found dead Tuesday afternoon in the Coralville Reservoir at Lake Macbride State Park. About 25 hours later, dive teams recovered the body of student Ahmed Osman, 10, from the same body of water. The Iowa City Community School District told Fox News that the two had been visiting the park for a School of the Wild field trip Tuesday at the Macbride Nature Recreation Area. In a Facebook statement, the district said: "Hannah and Ahmed were so much more than members of our school community. Their absence will be felt in the classrooms and hallways of Borlaug, in the lives of those who loved them, and throughout our entire school district community." The district said support and counseling are being offered at Borlaug Elementary. "In the difficult days ahead, we will hold one another close and continue to surround the Borlaug community with love, care, and support," the district added. "We will remember Hannah. We will remember Ahmed. And we will carry their memory with us." A large search-and-recovery task force that included the Johnson County Metro Dive Team, local fire departments, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, State Patrol, the US Army Corps of Engineers and medical crews focused on the area to help find the missing student and teacher, authorities said. It was not immediately clear how the pair ended up in the water. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds offered condolences to the elementary school's students and staff. "This unimaginable loss touches the entire Borlaug Elementary community and Iowa City School District," Reynolds said in a statement. "Please know that Iowans across our state are standing with you in the difficult days ahead." The deaths of Osman and Jorgensen remain under investigation.