A teenage camper from Michigan passed away while hiking at the Exit Glacier in Kenai Fjords National Park in Alaska, pictured above. Photo by the National Park Service
After Camper Dies in Alaska Wilderness, Chabad Comforts Friends and Family
Sixteen-year-old Simon Mirkes from Farmington Hills, Mich., was on a summer camp trip in the Alaskan wilderness when he collapsed and died this week near the Exit Glacier in Kenai Fjords National Park. With help from Chabad-Lubavitch of Alaska, his fellow campers and their families back home have been trying to cope with the tragedy.
