THE SUSPECT, A 17-YEAR-OLD.
PAT: AND TONIGHT DEMONSTRATOR
GATHER OUTSIDE OF A YMCACA IN LA
CANADA FLINTRIDGE WHERE A
19-YEAR-OLD CAMP COUNSELOR DIED
IN THE POOL.
REPORTER: THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE.
THEY ARE SUPPORTING THE FAMILY
AS THEY GRIEF THE LOSS OF THEIR
SOPSON AND PROEITHER, THEY DEMAND
ANSWERS FROM THE YMCA,
19-YEAR-OLD COLLIN JACOBS
VOLUNTEERED AND WORKED FOR ABOUT
A DECADE, THE DAY CAMP WAS MOVED
FROM HERE TO ANOTHER Y IN
GLENDALE.
19-YEAR-OLD DROWNED WHILE
SWIMMING WITH CAMPER ON JULY 1
THERE.
FAMILY SAID THEY FOUND OUT ABOUT
HIS PASSING THROUGH A CALL FROM
THE HOSPITAL, NOT GETTING DIRECT
INFORMATION FROM THE Y ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED.
WE SPOKE WITH HIS SISTER AND
FATHER A WHILE AGO.
WE WANT ANSWERS, AND
ACCOUNTABILITY.
WE WANT THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW
WHAT HAPPENED TO COLLIN.
AND HOW IT COULD BE THAT SOMEONE
DROWNS IN A POOL.
H HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE
Y FOR ABOUT LINE YEARS.
TREE LOT MERGE AND CAMP
COUNSELOR THEY JUST DON'T SEEM
TO CARE ABOUT HIS DEATH.
REPORTER: FAMILY SAID COLLIN HAD
A HISTORY OF SEIZURES BUT WAS ON
MEDICATION AND CLEARED BY A
DOCTOR, THEY DON'T KNOW IF HE
HAD A SEIZURE WHEN HE DROWNED
BECAUSE THE Y IS NOT GIVING THEM
INFORMATION, THEY REACHED OUT TO
FOOTHILLS YMCA, THEY TELL ME
THEY CAN'T COMMENT WITH YOU THEY
TOO MOURN THE LOSS
SUPPORT FAMILY'S DESIRE TO
PEACEFULLY PROTEST.
