Denver teen pulled from Arizona pool dies on football trip

DENVER (KDVR) – Household and mates of 13-year-old Darryl Blackmon are heartbroken after the teenager was pulled from a pool at an Embassy Suites in Phoenix on Saturday. Early Sunday morning, the teenager’s household let mates know Blackmon had handed away.

“We talked to his mother this morning, she stated his coronary heart stopped at 1:50 a.m. this morning,” Elizabeth Stonebraker, a buddy of the household and mom of one other participant on the workforce stated.

A number of mother and father on the workforce informed FOX31 the Junior Buffs workforce had gained their Saturday recreation 28 to 0 earlier than returning to their resort to have fun.

“All of the mother and father went again to the resort the place we have been staying and allowed the boys to go swimming,” Justin Sanchez, who has two sons on the workforce, stated.

Simply minutes after returning to the resort, Sanchez stated he heard his oldest son, Joey Guerrero, who was in Arizona to observe his youthful brothers play, in misery downstairs on the resort pool.

“He was yelling, calling for 911, screaming for assist and I knew that was my son,” Sanchez stated.

Guerrero stated he was hanging out on the pool with among the gamers when two little women nearer to the deep finish identified Blackmon lifeless under the water.

“There was no motion and that’s after I jumped in and pulled him to the highest and swam to the sting and two of my mates helped pull him out,” Guerrero stated.

A former lifeguard at Ashland Recreation Heart in Denver, Guerrero began performing CPR. He stated he tried the life-saving measure for over two and a half minutes earlier than Sanchez acquired downstairs and relieved him.

“Each second mattered. Once I acquired him he didn’t have a pulse, after I touched him he didn’t have a pulse,” Sanchez stated.

Stonebraker stated EMS arrived and took Blackmon to the native Kids’s Hospital in Phoenix the place he was sedated earlier than remaining unconscious and impacted by seizures for a number of days.

“He was solely 13 years previous. He has a complete life forward of him,” Guerrero stated.

Tragic information unfold early Tuesday morning of Blackmon’s premature passing. Stonebraker informed FOX31 he’s survived by his mother and father and a number of siblings.

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Following the post-mortem, Blackmon’s household is making an attempt to convey their son residence for correct companies.