Death by negligence? Family sues after teen swimmer’s tragedy

KAPOLEI, Hawaii (KHON2) — It was May 13, 2023, at the Kapolei Aquatics Center when Tehani Kealoha, a senior at Moanalua High School, had just raced in her first swim event and was doing warm-down laps when she suffered symptoms of cardiac arrest. The family’s attorney alleges what happened next was not only unacceptable but preventable.

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“The consensus was that no one knew what was going on. No one knew what to do. Everything took a long time to occur, and that’s the unfortunate thing,” said attorney Robert Miyashita…

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