00:00A warm evening ended in heartbreak at one of Birmingham's most visited parks.
00:0716-year-old Daniel Druitt drowned in Powell's Pool after entering the water with friends.
00:13He was a pupil at Colmer's School in Red Null, described by staff as confident, full of life and deeply loved.
00:20Temperatures had climbed beyond 27 degrees. It was the kind of day that pulls people towards the water.
00:25Powell's Pool, with its open stretch and tree-lined banks, looked inviting but it's marked with signs forbidding swimming.
00:33Shortly after 6pm, Daniel was reported missing. Emergency teams arrived quickly.
00:38Fire service boats were launched. Ambulance crews and police coordinated the search alongside volunteers.
00:45The search lasted several hours. By around 10pm, Daniel's body was recovered. He was pronounced dead soon after.
00:52His school is offering counselling to pupils and staff. His friends and teachers are devastated.
00:57The grief is being felt far beyond the classroom.
01:00Powell's Pool is large and deceptively deep, spanning 65,000 square metres, with cold undercurrents that can disorient even confident swimmers.
01:09It diets back to the 19th century and is used by local siding clubs, but swimming is prohibited.
01:15This is not the first time tragedy has struck here. In 2001, 15-year-old Fraser and Miss drowned in the same lake after falling through ice.
01:23That death prompted new safety reviews and signage.
01:26Nearly a quarter of a century later, another teenage has died in the same water under different conditions.
01:32Birmingham City Council, which manages the park, has not commented publicly.
01:36As tributes continue, so does the quiet wait of a life cut short.
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