A Department of Public Safety helicopter lifts off after bringing the body of Angela Knoche, 19, from an upper part of the canyon. Knoche was one of two people swept away in canyon flooding.

A.E. Araiza / arizona daily star

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Officials recovered the body Sunday of the second victim of Saturday's flash flood and identified the two who perished as an airman and a lifeguard at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.

Staff Sgt. Timothy Hahn and Angela Knoche, who worked at the base pool, were hiking with three friends when a wall of water rolled through Bear Canyon in Sabino Canyon Recreation Area. Hahn and Knoche were pulled under as the waters raged through the canyon, sending more than 50 other hikers in the area to higher ground.

Hahn, 25, was assigned to the 563rd Maintenance Squadron at D-M since April 2004, said base spokesman Staff Sgt. Jacob Richmond. Knoche, 19, began lifeguarding at DM in 2005, said Kirsten Pelot, head swim coach at Palo Verde High School, where Knoche graduated in 2006. Knoche was a student at Pima Community College.

Knoche was a standout swimmer at Palo Verde and had a passion for helping people and connected easily with children who she would teach to swim as a lifeguard, Pelot said.

Pelot spent her Sunday calling former and current teammates and telling them of the loss of their friend.

"She was an outstanding athlete, and everyone was drawn to her — you couldn't help but be (drawn to her) whenever she smiled," Pelot said. "I just wanted to tell my swimmers before they heard from someone who didn't care."

Palo Verde begins swim practice today.

"There were a lot of sad people today; everyone was shocked by this," Pelot said.

Among the others in the group with Hahn and Knoche was another airman, Richmond said.

Hahn's body was found on Saturday, but weather conditions prevented authorities from recovering it until that night, said Deputy Dawn Hanke, a Pima County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman. On Saturday, authorities were hoping to find Knoche lost in the canyon somewhere, but those hopes were dashed when they recovered her body early Sunday morning.

Dozens of people were hiking Bear Canyon and Seven Falls when the water levels began to rise at about 2 p.m. Most of the survivors were flown out by rescue helicopter, and others escaped to higher ground.

Despite the flash-flood tragedy, the number of hikers in the canyon area didn't drop when Coronado National Forest reopened the canyon on Sunday, said Heidi Schewel, a spokeswoman for the forest service.

Bear Canyon and Sabino Creek were open in a "warning stage" on Sunday with signs posted to let hikers know flash floods are still a possibility, Schewel said.

"People are attracted to the water, but they need to realize the potential for flooding and to take that seriously," she said.

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