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TeNiya Jones, 19, a student at the University of Kentucky, has disappeared
recently swimming on a beach in Tel Aviv, Israel. Jones is from Fort Myers, Florida.
Kinfay Moroti, news-press.com
TeNiya Jones, 19, graduated from Dunbar High School 2017 and a second-year student from the University of Kentucky, participated in a seven-week exchange program in Jordan. The friends decided to take a weekend trip to Israel before returning to the United States next Friday. An affair from the University of Kentucky called his mother, Tosha Jones-Mora late Saturday night to say that Jones and two friends had swam around midnight at Bat Yam Beach, photographed, and were caught in a strong current . All three tried to swim ashore but Jones did not bring it out of the water. (Photo: news-press.com)
TeNiya Jones has always been a fighter.
When Dunbar High School's alum tore up his ACL in second grade in 2015. His doctor said it would be best to take the next two years, ending his high school hurdles career. .
This was not the answer she wanted to hear. Because of his tireless commitment to rehabilitation, Jones returned for the last half of his senior season to crown his career with a regional championship in the 100-meter hurdles.
With the new Sunday that Jones was reported to have disappeared while swimming on a beach in Tel Aviv, Jone's mother, Tosha Thomas-Mora, the Dunbar community and the Southwestern athletics community. Florida pray that she stays in this fight. 19659008] "She perseveres," said Thomas-Mora of her daughter. "I watched her give everything she had to everything she's ever done."
For more information: A student from Fort Myers is missing in Israel. Disappearing while swimming at Tel Aviv Beach
Thomas-Mora continues to receive a wave of support from family, friends, coaches and teachers since Saturday night's apprenticeship. The study abroad program in Jordan did not return after a midnight swim in the Mediterranean.
Bill Bull, vice president of health and safety at the Council for International Educational Exchange, told Thomas-Mora Jones for swimming reported that they were caught in a current tearing. They swam to the shore but Jones could not be found, Bull told him.
He left Thomas-Mora and his family in a situation where she felt helpless in the face of her daughter who was due to return from Jordan next week. [19659017] TeNiya Jones, 19, a graduate of Dunbar High School 2017 and a sophomore at the University of Kentucky, participated in a seven-week exchange program in Jordan. Some friends decided to go on a weekend in Israel. A liaison from the University of Kentucky called his mother, Tosha Jones-Mora, late Saturday night to say that Jones and two friends had swam around midnight at Bat Yam beach and were caught in a strong current . All three tried to swim ashore, but Jones failed to get out of the water. "width =" 180 "height =" 240 "data-mycapture-src =" https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2018/07/29/PFTM/be9ba0db-33c5-42c8-b850-0d3e7a674694- Teniya_Jones_family.jpg "data-mycapture-sm-src =" https: //www.gannett-cdn.comhttp: //www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2018/07/29/PFTM/be9ba0db-33c5-42c8 -19-8d3e7a674694-Teniya_Jones_family.jpg? width = 318 & height = 400 "/>
19-year-old TeNiya Jones, a graduate of Dunbar High School 2017 and a sophomore at the University of Kentucky, participated in a Seven-week exchange program in Jordan decided to make a weekend trip to Israel before returning to the United States next Friday.A liaison from the University of Kentucky called its mother, Tosha Jones-Mora, late Saturday night to say that Jones and two friends had swam around midnight at Bat Yam Beach and were caught in a strong current.All three tried to swim ashore but Jones did not did not bring out water. [19659016] (Photo: news-press.com)
"It's extremely difficult. We just pray that she's fine and that she's going home, "said Thomas-Mora." I'm just trying to channel this love and connection between her and me. "
Thomas-Mora remains optimistic with the support of her community who stopped at her house en mbade on Sunday night, while others sent their prayers on social media.
"I pray God you bring my cousin home," tweeted former Dunbar linebacker Shanon Reid, who is now at the University of Tennessee
.The basketball player Keri Jewett-Giles said: "God knows I hope they will find it."
Thomas-Mora, who will arrive in Israel on Tuesday, was shocked but not surprised by all the support. TeNiya, "she said. "She is loved, you were easily attracted to her personality."
What Guy Thomas, Dunbar coach, holds about Jones, is his reaction to adversity. He trained her in fifth grade at the AAU then four years of success in high school.
As a freshman, Jones won the 100-meter and 300-meter county and district titles before winning the silver medal at the regional championships. She had a second year campaign where she won a regional championship in the 300 hurdles before suffering a tear in the ACL
Thomas was the direct witness of Jones to return to the track three times a week
. "She worked it (end to end)," Thomas said. "She is really mature for her age.It's realized that falling and getting up is part of the success."
Jones came back in 2017 during the Lee County Athletics Championships for finish second. A few weeks later, she won a regional crown in the 100 hurdles
"She came back when everyone was at her peak and she was not there," said Thomas. "And she always showed us everything."
Jones had hope to walk on the Kentucky track team next season, Thomas-Mora said of his daughter who was also ready to begin the premedical program of the # 39 school next month. Jones specializes in biology and also studies Islamic studies.
Thomas cried when he heard the news of Jones' disappearance
"I just lost him," he recalls. "I'm destroyed, I'm really destroyed, why does it happen to her? … She's great at everything she does, she was number one in the service of her community. Against all that, the track is where it was the weakest.That says a lot about it. "
But counting Jones is not an option for Thomas. He knows too much about her to do it.
"I hope and pray for her that she is fighting somewhere," says Thomas. "If she is alive, she fights, she would fight until the end until she can not fight anymore."
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