A rally to open an unused Olympic-size swimming pool inside Sayre Morris Recreation Center brought dozens of people to Philadelphia's Cobbs Creek neighborhood Tuesday. 6abcAnnie reports:
"In general we need to have pools open in our neighborhoods especially in neighborhoods struggling with gun violence," said Councilmember Jamie Gauthier. The pool sits in her district."The community and I took this to a school board vote in February, they voted it down," said Gauthier.
Seniors say they also feel cheated. Larry Brown led water aerobics here for years."People see me and are like what's going on?" he said."I was here faithfully Tuesday and Thursday. I was in a class, we had over 60 people in that pool," said Akbar. "You can't just wake up today and say I want to be a lifeguard, you got to know how to swim. You have to be certified and trained -- that's the message we want the city to see," said Britt.
"The community has waited for far too long for the Sayre-Morris indoor pool to be fixed. It is a critical community resource that we cannot continue to have remain in a state of disrepair.
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