1993 Ramada Hotel drownings

Hotel pool drowning in Andover, MA On April 7, 1993, three teenage boys died by drowning in a swimming pool at a Ramada Rolling Green Hotel in Andover, Massachusetts.https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/09/nyregion/outing-ends-in-tragedy-as-three-brothers-drown.html The New York Times 1993-04-09 2011-09-10 Sullivan Ronald Outing Ends in Tragedy As Three Brothers Drown The deaths resulted in a lawsuit against the Ramada and its owners.https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1996/02/17/jury-cant-reach-verdict-in-hotel-drowning-lawsuit/ Orlando Sentinel 1996-02-17 2011-09-10 Jury Can't Reach Verdict In Hotel Drowning Lawsuit The drownings came at a time when many area hotels were being constructed without deep ends in their pools, or were renovating their pools to remove them, according to hospitality industry professionals.https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/68102894.html?dids=68102894:68102894&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+11%2C+1993&author=RALPH+RANALLI&pub=Boston+Herald&desc=Hotels+work+to+make+pools+safer+Hotels+strive+to+make+pools+safer&pqatl=google https://web.archive.org/web/20121107230223/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/68102894.html?dids=68102894:68102894&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+11,+1993&author=RALPH+RANALLI&pub=Boston+Herald&desc=Hotels+work+to+make+pools+safer+Hotels+strive+to+make+pools+safer&pqatl=google dead November 7, 2012 Hotels work to make pools safer Ranalli Ralph Boston Herald 1993-04-11 2011-09-10 Background The victims, twin brothers George and Vincent Chin (16) and their brother Winston (13), were from Brooklyn, New York.http://articles.nydailynews.com/1996-02-04/news/17995836_1_hotel-pools-ramada-rolling-green-hotel-lifeguards https://web.archive.org/web/20120616074054/http://articles.nydailynews.com/1996-02-04/news/17995836_1_hotel-pools-ramada-rolling-green-hotel-lifeguards dead June 16, 2012 New York Daily News 1996-02-04 2011-09-09 Pool Of Misery For Kin Of Drowned Teens Tragedy Destroyed Us, Dad Tells Mass. Court O'Shaughnessy Patrice They were traveling with their uncle Steven Yee, who had paid for the three boys, two of their siblings, and his own three children to join him in a tour group to Boston.Rakowsky Judy Drowning victims' parents say hotel too cheap for safety; Pool lacked fence, lifeguard, jury told 1996-01-31 The Boston Globe http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8358232.html https://web.archive.org/web/20121106115810/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8358232.html 2012-11-06 HighBeam Research subscription usurped Boston, MA 2011-09-10. Also available at https://web.archive.org/web/20120402093545/http://www.halstrom.com/html/pdfs/drowning.pdf 2012-04-02. Drownings The tour buses arrived at the Ramada Rolling Green Hotel in Andover just off Route 133 at around 9:30p.m. Yee took a shower, while the boys, who did not know how to swim, went to the pool. The pool had a sign posted stating that it closed at 10p.m.—it also stated that no one under 14 was allowed in the pool without adult supervision. No lifeguard was on duty, and Massachusetts law does not require one at hotel pools. Nor did the pool have a fence or a ladder in the deep end. Andover town law did not require fences around indoor pools; however, Ramada corporate standards did, and the Chin family alleged that state law also required it. As two of the boys played in the pool, their sibling began video-taping them. https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/16318555.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+01%2C+1996&author=Judy+Rakowsky%2C+Globe+Staff&pub=Boston+Globe+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Man+tells+of+3+brothers%27+drownings+at+pool&pqatl=google https://archive.today/20130131144550/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/16318555.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+01,+1996&author=Judy+Rakowsky,+Globe+Staff&pub=Boston+Globe+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Man+tells+of+3+brothers'+drownings+at+pool&pqatl=google dead January 31, 2013 Boston Globe Rakowsky Judy 1996-02-01 2011-09-10 Man tells of 3 brothers' drownings at pool The water was 9 ft m deep in the deep end. According to police, at one point Vincent and Winston began moving toward the deep end, until the water was above their heads; their siblings thought they were just playing, but when they did not emerge, their siblings began yelling for help and threw them a life preserver. George dived into the pool in a rescue attempt, while his cousin went into the hotel to try to find someone to help.https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/103061200.html?dids=103061200:103061200&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+10%2C+1993&author=By+Robert+Der.+STAFF+WRITER&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=Remorse+At+Failed+Rescue+Youth%2C+11%2C+saw+3+cousins+drown&pqatl=google https://web.archive.org/web/20121107230302/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/103061200.html?dids=103061200:103061200&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+10,+1993&author=By+Robert+Der.+STAFF+WRITER&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=Remorse+At+Failed+Rescue+Youth,+11,+saw+3+cousins+drown&pqatl=google dead November 7, 2012 Newsday Der Robert 1993-04-10 2011-09-10 Remorse At Failed Rescue; Youth, 11, saw 3 cousins drown A pool maintenance man would later testify that he saw them playing in the pool but did not mention this fact to co-workers or managers. At the time, the night manager and another employee were on the way to the pool to close it, but stopped to chat with the pool maintenance man, delaying their arrival. By the time they came to the pool, they found the boys already submerged. The night manager jumped into the pool and pulled them out. However, the employees lacked aquatic rescue skills and could not render further assistance. Vincent was taken to Lawrence General Hospital in the neighboring town of Lawrence, while Winston was taken to St. John's Hospital (now Saints Medical Center) in Lowell; both were declared dead on arrival.https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/68102116.html?dids=68102116:68102116&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+10%2C+1993&author=JASON+B.+JOHNSON&pub=Boston+Herald&desc=Atty.+probes+boys%27+deaths+Donors+seek+out+family&pqatl=google https://archive.today/20130201014513/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/68102116.html?dids=68102116:68102116&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+10,+1993&author=JASON+B.+JOHNSON&pub=Boston+Herald&desc=Atty.+probes+boys'+deaths+Donors+seek+out+family&pqatl=google dead February 1, 2013 Atty. probes boys' deaths; Donors seek out family Johnson Jason B. 1993-04-10 2011-09-10 Boston Herald George was still alive when removed from the pool, and was taken by helicopter to Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, where he was pronounced dead at 6:18a.m. the following morning. The parents flew to Boston that day to identify the bodies and arrange their return to New York. Aftermath About 500 mourners attended the boys' funeral, which was held on April 13 at the Wah Wing Sang Buddhist funeral home.https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/103061187.html?dids=103061187:103061187&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+15%2C+1993&author=By+Sheila+Thomson.+STAFF+WRITER&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=500+Mourn+3+Brothers+Who+Drowned&pqatl=google https://web.archive.org/web/20121107230328/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/103061187.html?dids=103061187:103061187&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+15,+1993&author=By+Sheila+Thomson.+STAFF+WRITER&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=500+Mourn+3+Brothers+Who+Drowned&pqatl=google dead November 7, 2012 Newsday Thomson Sheila 1993-04-15 2011-09-10 500 Mourn 3 Brothers Who Drowned Mayor David Dinkins spoke briefly.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=A8ZEAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hrYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2260,2755119 The Albany Herald 1993-04-15 2011-09-10 Friends, family and strangers attend Chin brothers' funeral The Brooklyn Chinatown branches of the Lions Club and Kiwanis, together with the Chinese-American Voters' Association, started a fund to provide aid to the family, as the father was then unemployed.https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/103060623.html?dids=103060623:103060623&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+13%2C+1993&author=By+William+Douglas.+STAFF+WRITER&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=Fund+Started+to+Aid+Drowned+Kids%27+Family&pqatl=google https://archive.today/20130201002620/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/103060623.html?dids=103060623:103060623&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+13,+1993&author=By+William+Douglas.+STAFF+WRITER&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=Fund+Started+to+Aid+Drowned+Kids'+Family&pqatl=google dead February 1, 2013 Newsday Douglas William Fund Started to Aid Drowned Kids' Family 1993-04-13 2011-09-10 Ramada Rolling Green and its owners offered the Chin family a $1.8 million settlement in January 1996, which they rejected.http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-22821032.html https://web.archive.org/web/20121106115817/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-22821032.html usurped 2012-11-06 Lawsuit blames hotel for drownings Buffalo News 1996-01-30 HighBeam Research subscription Buffalo, NY 2011-09-10 Instead, they filed a wrongful death and negligence suit. They hoped to spark changes in Massachusetts law to require lifeguards at hotel pools, in the way that law in New York City already did. Jury selection was completed on January 29.https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/17253035.html?dids=17253035:17253035&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+30%2C+1996&author=RALPH+RANALLI&pub=Boston+Herald&desc=Jury+set+in+suit+vs.+hotel+where+3+boys+drowned&pqatl=google https://web.archive.org/web/20121107230401/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/17253035.html?dids=17253035:17253035&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+30,+1996&author=RALPH+RANALLI&pub=Boston+Herald&desc=Jury+set+in+suit+vs.+hotel+where+3+boys+drowned&pqatl=google dead November 7, 2012 Jury set in suit vs. hotel where 3 boys drowned 1996-01-30 2011-09-09 Ranalli Ralph Boston Herald During deliberations, one member of the jury was dismissed for reading a newspaper article about the case. The remaining members of the jury failed to reach a verdict. On February 16, presiding judge Nancy Gertner declared a mistrial.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xu9EAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LLcMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2735,2916036 The Albany Herald 1996-02-17 2011-09-09 Mistrial declared in 1993 case of hotel drownings References 30em 42.648567 -71.184261 title Ramada Hotel drownings Category:Andover, Massachusetts Category:Organized events in Essex County, Massachusetts Category:Hotels in Massachusetts Ramada Hotel drownings Category:Ramada Category:Deaths by drowning in Massachusetts