A THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD boy drowned Saturday during an outing with four friends in the vicinity of the Seawall Bandstand, Georgetown.
He was identified as Nicolas Sookhoolall of Ogle, East Coast Demerara. At the scene, may persons flocked around and expressed their dismay and shock at what had occurred.
His father, Bhajan Sookhoolall, in an interview with this publication said he received a cellphone call asking if he was a relative of Nicolas, to which he answered that he was..
He said that the caller related that he should rush down to the seawall bandstand because something had happened to his son.

“So I called a taxi and reached down and I hear they say that they can’t find the body, so I wanted to know what was going on and I saw his friends with the police,” he said. He said then he noticed a large wave rushing onto the shores and the body was seen. Persons rushed into the water to retrieve the lad.
He said the ambulance visited the scene and the medical officials were trying their best to save his life, but the teenager never revived.

The father of four said his son usually played cricket with his friends on the weekends, but he did not know how to swim.
“I don’t know if he went into the water after the ball, or if all of them were in the water, but the friends are with the police giving statements.”
The Plaisance Secondary School student leaves his parents, three siblings and relatives to mourn his passing.