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Cobb boy dies on school field trip to Belize

By Ty Tagami
Feb 15, 2016

A Cobb County student died on a school trip to Central America, school officials reported Monday.

Tomari Aliijah Jackson, a freshman at North Cobb High School, was last seen alive hiking in shallow water near a river bank at the Monkey Bay Wildlife Sanctuary in Belize on Saturday, said Angela M. Huff, chief of staff for the Cobb County School District.

The boy was found dead after a search by local authorities, she said.

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Ty Tagami is a staff writer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Since joining the newspaper in 2002, he has written about everything from hurricanes to homelessness. He has deep experience covering local government and education, and can often be found under the Gold Dome when lawmakers meet or in a school somewhere in the state.

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