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Turd Fergusen

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The swimming cap of the 9-year-old girl who drowned along with her dad and brother at a Costa del Sol resort has been found inside the pool’s pump system – suggesting that the three family members were sucked to their deaths, according to a report.

The Christmas Eve tragedy at the Club La Costa World in Las Lagunas de Mijas near Málaga unfolded when the British girl got into difficulties while swimming in the pool with her 12-year-old sister.

Her 62-year-old father and 16-year-old brother tried to save her but also drowned after going under, officials have said.

Autopsies performed at Malaga’s Institute of Forensic Medicine have confirmed that the three drowned – but the exact circumstances of their deaths remain a mystery, according to the UK’s Sun.

During the post-mortem, investigators found no signs of external injuries, or evidence they had been poisoned, the news outlet reported.

The discovery of the swimming cap by police divers comes amid speculation that suction problems turned the pool into a death trap, according to local newspaper Diario Sur.

Full Story:
https://nypost.com/2019/12/26/costa-del-sol-deaths-divers-find-swimming-cap-of-drowned-british-girl-in-pool-pump-in-spain/
 
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Costa del Sol deaths: Pastor Gabriel Diya named as dad who drowned with 2 kids
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The British dad who drowned alongside two of his children on the Costa del Sol in Spain has been identified as a devout Christian pastor, according to reports.

Gabriel Diya, 52, and his son Praise-Emmanuel Diya, 16, were named as the family members who died trying to save 9-year-old Comfort Diya after she became trapped in the pool on Christmas Eve, according to The Telegraph.

The family is based in London but the teenage boy was traveling on a US passport, the paper said.
https://nypost.com/2019/12/26/costa-del-sol-deaths-pastor-gabriel-diya-named-as-dad-who-drowned-with-2-kids/
 
This is why I only swim during the day...naked. Neighbors keep calling the cops who guarantee my safety.
You may want to rethink that...

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You may want to rethink that...

Oh yeah, don’t read the story at the link if you don’t have a strong stomach. Chuck Palahniuk is one twisted dude.
 
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Wife of man, 2 kids who all drowned at resort pool blasts reports they couldn’t swim
The wife of the British man who died with two of his kids on Christmas Eve while vacationing in Spain disputed authorities’ claims that they drowned in the resort pool because they couldn’t swim — insisting all three knew how.

“Something was wrong with the pool that must have made swimming difficult for them at that point in time,” Olubunmi Diya said.

https://nypost.com/2019/12/28/wife-of-man-2-kids-who-all-drowned-at-resort-pool-blasts-reports-they-couldnt-swim/
 
Hey God: Why is it always assumed black people can't swim?

Africa has the highest rate of drowning in the world, by a very large margin.

In the USA:
In 2014, the CDC found that an 11-year-old black child is 10 times more likely to drown than a white child the same age.

In 2017, USA Swimming, the governing body for the sport of swimming in the U.S., found that 64 percent of African-American children have low or no swimming ability.
 
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