Teen, 14, drowns while 11-yr-old disappears at sea
–one back-flicks to death, other taken from village unknowing to relatives
STEPHAN Brush, a student of the Cummings Lodge Secondary School and of Lot 86, Sixth Street Sparendaam New Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara, allegedly plunged from a dam to his death in a canal at Sparendaam New Housing Scheme. Speaking with the Guyana Chronicle last evening while at a friend’s house, the dead child’s uncle, Lance Lewis, who is also his guardian, explained that he was cooking when he got the dreaded news. Lewis explained that he had last seen his nephew when he and a younger sibling had left the house just after 10:00 hrs.
According to Lewis, at approximately 14:00 hrs, his other nephew, Stephan‘s brother, came home and informed him, “Stephan just plunge and he ain’t raise up back”, the man quoted his nephew as saying. He immediately rushed down to the canal where the lad and some other friends were swimming at the time.
Upon his arrival at the canal, persons were already in the waterway searching for the missing lad. Within seconds of his arrival, his nephew was found and brought up. He told the Chronicle that he immediately performed CPR, but the child did not respond. He also enquired whether anyone else was left in the water, but all others were accounted for.
The Guyana Chronicle was told that lads in the area would normally venture to swim in a canal that runs aback the housing scheme, separating the housing area from the cane fields. It was also mentioned that, for some reason or the other, the location where the lads had chosen to swim was not their usual swimming spot.
Lance Lewis has been caring for his two nephews for some time now. Their mother travels between Guyana and Antigua, where she is involved in agriculture. The man explained that he often scolded the boys for swimming in the canal.
Stephan leaves to mourn his mother, Ronda Lewis; father, Gregory Brush; and his younger brother.

LAD LOST AT SEA
Meanwhile, 11-year-old Shemar Success of Lot 73 West Ruimveldt, Georgetown is feared drowned after he disappeared amidst rough waters at the Kingstown jetty yesterday afternoon. He had been a student of the Success Elementary School of West Ruimveldt, Georgetown.
Speaking with the Guyana Chronicle last evening, Shemar’s father said he was made aware of the tragedy a few minutes after his son had disappeared. He said his son lived with his grandmother, who is way over 90, and he went with other boys from the area with an adult; they all knew to fly kites in the National Park. The young Success went unknowingly to his grandmother.
His father told the Chronicle, he was told that after the kite flying had been finished, the man took the children to the jetty, were three of the youngsters, including his son, went into the water. From all appearances, his son was overpowered by violent waves of the raging Atlantic Ocean. He said the adult who accompanied the children realized what was happening and attempted to rescue his son, but he was injured in the process.
The elder Success said that despite the odds, he is hoping his son could be pulled alive from the water. He said that the ordeal comes as a blow to him and the family, since the young man was very brilliant and performed well at school.
Just last week, the young Success wrote the National Grade Six Assessment Examination.
The man pleaded with this newspaper to caution parents on his behalf to keep their children away from the seawalls and other waterways, and to always have an eye out for the children.
Shemar Success leaves to mourn his mother, father, grandparents and other siblings.