'She radiated joy': 14-year-old dies after being pulled from water at Ohio amusement park
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Updated: 11:46 PM EDT Jul 22, 2021
Karin Johnson
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Updated: 11:46 PM EDT Jul 22, 2021
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PERSON WITH DREA.MS MYKIARA JONES DESCRIBED BY MIDDLETOWN TEACHERS AS A RARE M.GE >> SHE RADIATED JOY EVERY SINGLE DAY OF HER LIFE. KARIN: TEACHERS SAY MYKIARA SWA A LEADER, A ROLE MODEL INSIDE THE CLASSROOM AND OUT. >> HER BUBBLY PERSONALITY WAS INFECTIOUS. SHE WANTED TO ENCOURAGEVE ERYONE TO BE THE BEST PERSON THEY CAN BE. KARIN: AT JUST 14-YEARS-OLD SHE WAS EVEN AN INSPIRATION TO ADULTS. >> IT’S RARE TO FIND THOSE KIDS THAT JUST, YOU KNOW, RADIATE HAPPINESS AND POSITIVITY EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND THAT WAS MYKIARA. KARIN: TONIGHT STAFF AT MIDDLETOWN SCHOOLS ARE WRAPPING THEIR ARMS AROUND MYKIARA’S FAMILY MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY HER MOTHER, AS SHE WORKS IN THE DISTRICT. YESTDAERY MYKIARA WAS AT LAND OF ILLUSION ADVENTURE PARK IN MADISON TOWNSHIP. E THSHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS KIMYARA WAS NOT WEARING A LIFE VEST WHEN SHE FELL INTO THE WATER. SHE WAS PULLED OUT ABOUT0 3 MINUTES LATER AND WAS FLOWN TO DAYTON CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL WHERE SHE DIED. TODAY, THE PARK WAS CLOSED. LAND OF ILLUSION SAID IT’S FULLY SUPPORNGTI STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS AS THEY INVEIGSTATE THE INCIDENT. IN THE MEANTIME, THOSE WHO TAUGHT MYKIARA WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW HOW SPECIAL SHE W.AS >> SHE DIDN’T KNOW A STRANGER. ESH