Sixth-grader dies during annual school rafting trip to the Poconos

Sixth grader dies in rafting accident on school field trip

Cesar Albarracin Guncay, a 12-year-old sixth grader from Sag Harbor, New York, drowned after a raft capsized on the Lehigh River during Pierson Middle School's annual Pocono Mountains field trip; he was wearing a life jacket and an autopsy confirmed accidental drowning. The incident has prompted community mourning and a GoFundMe exceeding $207,000, while the investigation into safety protocols remains ongoing.