New Jersey teen brothers who drowned in school pool identified

The 2 teenage brothers who drowned in a college pool in New Jersey have been recognized by native officers.

Jack Jiang, 16, who attended Bayonne Excessive College, and 19-year-old Chu Ming Zheng, a latest graduate, had been swimming within the deep finish of a pool on the Lincoln Group College throughout public swimming hours when lifeguards observed they had been in misery round 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, WABC reported

Lifeguards pulled the brothers out of the water and referred to as 911. First responders tried to revive the pair earlier than they had been taken Bayonne Medical Middle and pronounced useless.

“Our hearts and prayers exit to the household and to all of our neighborhood,” Bayonne Superintendent John Niesz advised WABC.

The district stated counselors can be accessible to college students and employees.

The pool, which is in a main college, is open to the general public throughout evening hours.

“It shouldn’t occur,” neighbor Luann Beatrice advised WACB. “It’s not like they had been 2 and three. They had been 16 and 19, proper? They swam, and there’s purported to be a lifeguard.”

The Bayonne Police Division, the Bayonne College District, the college insurance coverage supplier and OSHA are every conducting unbiased investigations into the drownings.

The pool remained closed for investigation as of Friday.

The Bayonne College District has organized a fundraiser on behalf of the brothers’ household. The district can be collecting gift card donations at Korpi Ice Rink over the weekend.