Quebec Teen Drowns While Swimming in Gulf of Mexico With High School Swim Club

Published on March 8, 2024

A Quebec teenager died in Florida while swimming in the Gulf of Mexico with a high school swim team during spring break, authorities say. The sheriff’s office in Pinellas County, just outside Tampa, said 17-year-old William Zhang was found by an underwater search and recovery team late on Mar. 6 after he failed to return to shore after morning swimming drills. Collège Notre-Dame, the private high school in Montreal where Zhang studied, said its students and staff have been deeply impacted by his death. “Support resources are in place for the entire college educational community,” a spokesperson wrote in an email....

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