24-Year-Old Mother & 1-Year-Old Son Mauled To Death In Rare Alaska Polar Bear Attack

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A young mother and her baby brutally lost their lives in the first US polar bear attack in over 30 years. Summer Myomick and her one-year-old son, Clyde Ongtowasruk, didn’t know they would be taking their final steps as they headed out into a snowstorm Tuesday en route to a nearby health clinic.

The St. Michael, Alaska residents had just left the Kingikmiut school building in the small town of Wales, when a polar bear burst into the community and began viciously attacking the pair at around 2:30 p.m., according to the Alaska Department of Public Safety. Related: Jeremy Renner’s 911 Call Reveals The Gruesome Extent Of His Snowplow Accident According to Susan Nedza, chief administrator of the Bering Strait School District, principal Dawn Hendrickson quickly put the school on lockdown and closed the blinds as the attack took place right in front of the building — which also serves as a community center — so the children could not see.

From there, several community members and school employees attempted to ward off the enormous bear with shovels, but the animal quickly turned on them and chased them back to the building, where Hendrickson “slammed the door” just in time to keep the beast out.

The administrator told the Anchorage Daily News Wednesday: The tiny Alaskan whaling community, which consists of just 150 people, has no official law enforcement, so after putting out a distress call to any community member for help, an unidentified resident came and shot the bear dead as it continued to attack the helpless 24-year-old and her baby.