A DROWNING AT AN ALBUQUERQUE HOTEL MONDAY. A TEEN FROM NIGERIA AND THREE OTHER TEENS WERE IN TOWN FOR A ROBOTICS COMPETITION AND STAYING AND THE WYNDAM HOTEL NEAR MENAUL AND CARLISLE. THEY WENT SWIMMING WITHOUT A CHAPERONE DESPITE THE FACT NONE OF THEM KNEW HOW TO SWIM. ONE OF THE TEENS STARTED DROWNING, BUT THE OTHERS COULDN’T HELP HIM.
PARAMEDICS AND POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE AND THEY TRIED TO REVIVE THE TEEN WITH CPR BUT FAILED. THE VICTIM WAS SAID TO BE 14 OR 15 YEARS OLD.
