Latest update April 16th, 2025 7:21 AM
Latest News
- Oil production in Guyana to climb to 900K barrels per day… as 4th FPSO arrives
- Italian company secures contract for early works on Exxon’s 7th project yet to be approved
- Israel proposes Gaza ceasefire deal to release 10 hostages for hundreds of Palestinians, Hamas says
- Peru’s ex-president and first lady sentenced to 15 years in jail
- Brazil to auction 172 oil blocks in June
Teen drowns in hotel pool
Shemar Edwards
Without seeking permission from his guardians, Shemar Edwards went to the Princess International Hotel yesterday with about 20 friends. About two hours before the pool closed, the 17-year-old had drowned.
When Kaieteur News visited the East Ruimveldt, Georgetown residence he once called home, his parents were at the East Bank Demerara Regional Hospital.
An eyewitness who happens to be a neighbour of the deceased told this publication that after attempts by staff of the Princess International Hotel to revive the youth with CPR failed, he was taken to the hospital.
“He was not rushed immediately to the hospital since the staff were waiting on an ambulance but was subsequently forced to use a hotel taxi,” she said.
According to the eyewitness, earlier, she had observed Edwards swimming and decided to take out his picture. She then went about her business but was alerted by someone shouting that “a body is under the water.”
The girl said she was shocked to see her neighbour being pulled out of the water and lying motionless by the poolside. A boy who she suspects was one of his friends was pressing his chest, trying to revive him. By that time, four employees of the hotel came to Edwards’ assistance and took over the resuscitation exercise.
According to the eyewitness, no water came out of the teen’s mouth but blood was oozing from his nose. She added that a man clad in a lifeguard shirt was seen trying to help.
She noted that questions posed to Edwards’ friends were met with some of them trying to escape. Only about two friends acknowledged the youth and provided some information.
And according Alicia Amos, on August 17, 2013, she was forced to rescue her son from drowning at the said pool.
She recalled that on the day in question she had just attended to her son by granting him a request and “within a wink of an eye he plunged into the pool.” Unfortunately it was in the deep section and according to her he went down once and came up. She and her friends then began shouting for the lifeguard.
Amos said despite not knowing how to swim she jumped into the pool to save her son. She is thankful that she is 6ft2″ and was able to stand in the pool. Amos recalled grabbing her son and pushing him out of the pool and slamming her body into the wall to prevent drowning.
Amos said she is disgusted that a teenager lost his life in the same pool in which she saved her son from drowning.
She is calling on the hotel to put better management in place.
Similar Articles
THE BLUNT OF THE DAY
Sports
Features/Columnists
In praise of the Almighty Executive Order
Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Democracy, as we know it, is a kind of ménage à trois — the elected, the appointed,... more
Collaborative Government–Private Sector Action Imperative for a Resilient Trade Future
By Sir Ronald Sanders Kaieteur News- On April 9, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump announced a 90-day suspension of the higher... more
Weekend Cartoon
