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School Mourns Loss of Students and Parent Killed in Deadly Californian Boat Fire

School Mourns Loss of Students and Parent Killed in Deadly Californian Boat Fire
Exterior of Pacific Collegiate School in Santa Cruz, Calif., on Sept. 3, 2019. Dan Coyro/The Santa Cruz Sentinel via AP
Richard Szabo
Richard Szabo
Editor/Reporter
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A southern Californian school community is grieving the death of students and a parent after a chartered boat transporting them caught alight on September 2.

Pacific Collegiate School expressed condolences to victims and their loved ones after a diving boat caught alight just before dawn off the shore of Santa Cruz Island, about 90 miles west of Los Angeles.

Richard Szabo
Richard Szabo
Editor/Reporter
Richard Szabo is an award-winning journalist with more than 12 years' experience in news writing at mainstream and niche media organizations. He has a specialty in business, tourism, hospitality, and healthcare reporting.
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