Teacher Dies During School Trip

Last updated on Saturday, June 14, 2008

(GOSHEN) - A Goshen high school teacher drowned Thursday, after trying to rescue a student who got caught in a riptide in Costa Rica.

44-year-old Steven Hershberger was chaperoning a group from Fairfield High School - during a school trip.

He was chairman of school's language department and an assistant tennis coach.

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