ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A day after an extremely rare attack by a polar bear in the Northwest Alaska village of Wales on Tuesday, authorities identified the victims as a mother and her young son.
Killed in the mauling were 24-year-old St. Michael resident Summer Myomick and her 1-year-old son, Clyde Ongtowasruk, an Alaska State Troopers spokesman said Wednesday.
The attack happened near the school in the middle of the day Tuesday, according to an update from Department of Public Safety spokesman Austin McDaniel.
