A current highschool grad and promenade king tragically drowned in an Iowa lake Wednesday.
Ayden Beeson vanished beneath the floor of Rathburn Lake in Centerville greater than an hour earlier than rescue groups discovered his physique, officers mentioned.
The 17-year-old swimmer “went beneath the water and had not resurfaced,” in keeping with the Appanoose County Sheriff’s Workplace.
The boy’s physique was discovered at 7:33 p.m. in 15 to twenty toes of water. He was pronounced useless on the scene.
Whereas police didn’t establish the teenager, Centerville Group Faculties confirmed it was Beeson, who was topped promenade king earlier than graduating from Centerville Excessive Faculty in Might.
Regardless of attaining quintessential highschool recognition, the soccer and tennis participant was well-known locally as a “genuinely type one who handled each pupil and workers member with respect.”
“On high of being an awesome athlete his highest quality was him simply being him,” Beeson’s tennis coach Tyler Baze wrote on Fb.
“Ayden was the child each instructor and coach loves, he was such a sort and compassionate child and gave you every little thing he had within the classroom and area/courtroom! I’m am grateful for getting the chance to know such an individual.
Centerville Excessive Faculty reopened its doorways this week to supply counseling to grieving associates and dozens gathered on the soccer area the place {the teenager} as soon as performed for a prayer vigil.
The college district additionally shared an emblem to its social media channels studying “Be like Beeson #20,” in reference to his jersey quantity.
The circumstances surrounding his drowning are nonetheless beneath investigation.
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