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Family outing ends in tragedy

July 26, 2012
Janna Mong
A family outing at Twin Rivers Canyon Resort ended in tragedy today with the drowning of a 16-year-old Bonners Ferry girl.

Janna Mong, a student at Kootenai Valley Mennonite School, was transported by ambulance to Boundary Community Hospital, but the attempt to revive her failed.

The accident occurred at about 6 p.m. as several people were cooling off, swimming in a pond. A family member realized that Janna was missing, and moments later a young man who remembered where he'd seen her dove in and pulled her to shore, where resuscitation efforts began and someone called 911.