Girl Discovered Useless 2 Months After Being Swept Away by River Whereas Making an attempt to Save Sister

The physique of a girl who was swept away by a “chilly, swift and harmful” river in Sequoia Nationwide Park on Could 25 was recovered two months later.

Jomarie Calasanz’s physique was recovered by the Tulare County Sheriff’s Workplace Swiftwater Dive Rescue Staff in coordination with the Nationwide Park Service on July 24. She was recognized on Monday, July 28, by the Tulare County Sheriff’s Coroner’s Workplace.

The La Puente, Calif., resident was 26.

“I’m extraordinarily grateful for the coordination, assist, and dedication by the Tulare County Sheriff’s Workplace and our NPS staff, within the continued seek for Jomarie,” Superintendent Clay Jordan stated in a assertion from the Tulare County Sheriff’s Workplace.

“I hope this brings some stage of closure to the household,” he added.

The TCSO additionally shared a warning to park goers.

“We want to remind the general public that rivers stay harmful even with decrease stream charges later within the season. Please keep away from swift water, you should definitely put on a life jacket, and hold youngsters shut alongside the river’s edge,” the assertion learn.

In response to a GoFundMe, Calasanz jumped into the water that day to rescue her sister.

“What was speculated to be a enjoyable, bonding second in a short time become a traumatic occasion that can persist with us perpetually,” the organizer wrote in a message. “Whereas taking the primary dip of the day in deceivingly calm waters, Joanne, Jomarie’s older sister, began to get swept away.”

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“With a courageous loving coronary heart and wonderful braveness, Jomarie, being a swimmer, immediately swam to avoid wasting her sister. Each shortly bought swept away into the rapids. Whereas the river launched Joanne, it’s our deepest remorse to tell everybody that Jomarie has not but been discovered,” the organizer continued.

Calasanz graduated from San Francisco State College, incomes a political science diploma in 2020, in line with her LinkedIn profile. Her alma mater launched an announcement, calling her a “shiny, compassionate, and pushed pupil,” Fox affiliate KTTV reported.