A family who has just lost their energetic son in a drowning is looking for answers - believing he should still be with them today.
When Kyra Sereda Paul thinks of her brother Adam, she remembers his sense of humour. “Even if it wasn’t funny, he somehow made it funny,” she said. “I don’t know how he did it.”
Adam couldn’t be revived. And now his parents are seeking answers from the City of Winnipeg as to how their son drowned at a pool with lifeguards on the scene. They allege staff were not watching the deep end of the pool, and didn’t provide proper first aid. Paul says staff could not locate a piece of equipment needed to use a CPR bag.Paul also says she remembers staff talking about “shift change” – but swimmers were not told to get out of the water.
In an email, Global News sent the City of Winnipeg a list of questions about lifeguard staffing and training policies, shift change protocol, and changes made since Adam’s death. Global also requested an interview, which the City declined. The statement also noted the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service has offered to meet with Adam’s parents to go over their response to the incident – but Paul and Sereda say it’s not WFPS’s response they take issue with.
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