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USA: 58-year-old woman drowned in shallow pool and other swimmers just didn’t care

It took 25 minutes for someone to realize that Leticia Gonzales Triplet had lost her life

Newsroom July 18 08:42

A shocking video of the moment 58-year-old Leticia Gonzales Triplet drowned in a swimming pool last February morning while other swimmers did nothing to help her has been released.

The video shows Triplet lying in the shallows of a pool at a sports centre in Las Vegas, US, when she suddenly began to struggle to stay afloat.

NEW: U.S. Air Force veteran drowns in the shallow end of a Las Vegas pool after struggling to swim for around 25 minutes as others walk past her

Leticia Gonzales Triplett, 58, died on February 4 in the North Decatur Las Vegas Athletic Club’s (LVAC) swimming pool

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— Unlimited L's (@unlimited_ls) July 17, 2024

According to the filing, the 58-year-old had been trying to save herself for 25 minutes without anyone in the pool area doing anything to help her.

The same video shows Triplet trying to hold on to the pool ladder to no avail, and what is even more shocking is that even after she had breathed her last, bathers were passing by the spot without paying any attention to the tragedy that had occurred.

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A lawyer for the sports center said Triplet, who was a U.S. Air Force veteran, was walking on crutches before entering the pool.

Meanwhile, it remains unclear whether the unfortunate woman called for help.

The same lawyer said that the 58-year-old woman’s death was caused by cardiac arrest and that such a tragedy had never occurred at the sports center in question.

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