Family mourns 9-year-old’s drowning death, calls for swim lesson accessibility

Six years to the day after 9-year-old Kingdesmond Jennings slipped under the rushing waters of Mill Creek and drowned, his family gathered on a bright yellow bridge overlooking the now tranquil creek and remembered him.

They tied balloons to the bridge’s spans and prayed.

Kingdesmond’s grandfather, Terry Jones, held a picture of him as he told us about his short life…

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