SANDPOINT, Idaho — A Sandpoint man was killed in a boat crash on Saturday night, and now his family and his community are honoring his memory as they grieve and push forward.

Sandra Gomez says her husband, Jose "Gomie" Gomez, was a passenger in a boat that crashed just off the shores of Hope on Lake Pend Oreille.

"He's supposed to be here with me. For a lot longer," said Sandra.

The Bonner County Sheriff's Office confirmed on Wednesday that deputies responded to a boating accident around 11 p.m. on Sept. 20. The 911 caller, a 54-year-old Sandpoint man, reported running his boat aground on Cottage Island, and told dispatch that his passenger was ejected and missing.

The sheriff's office says deputies, Bonner County EMS, and Idaho State Police initiated a search for the missing man, iden

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