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Metro
08-07-2025
- Metro
Girl, 9, drowns in pool despite being surrounded by adults and children
A nine-year-old girl drowned to death in a busy pool despite being surrounded by adults and other children. Ava Rose McCourt was found 'lying on the bottom' of the deep end of the pool at the Clinton Mobile Home Resort in Tiffin, Ohio, by another child, after people noticed she was missing, according to police. A woman pulled Ava out of the water and a bystander performed CPR. Ava was rushed to Mercy Tiffin Hospital, where she was pronounced dead upon arrival. Ava had received swimming lessons just days before the tragic incident on June 28. 'She was the most loving wonderful and thoughtful loving little angel we have ever met,' states a GoFundMe page for her. Christina Bryant, the partner and soon-to-be wife of Ava's father, said the girl was using a noodle to float in the water. Bryant said she turned away from Ava for just a short moment. Witnesses told police that Ava seemed to vanish within a minute and that they did not notice any splashing or signs of drowning. Ava's dad, Jesse McCourt, was fishing at a trailer park nearby at the time that she drowned. Ava was set to begin fourth grade and was a good student who loved to dance and sing. She was eagerly awaiting her 10th birthday to be able to make her first video on YouTube. 'She was so full of life,' her aunt, Jaimee Sergent, told 13 Action News. 'She never met a stranger in her whole life. She has so much love for everybody.' Ava was visiting the pool with her father's parther. More Trending 'Our family is completely devastated by her sudden loss,' states the GoFundMe page. 'My brother and Christina and Kinsey weren't prepared for such a loss so there wasn't any life insurance.' The GoFundMe page had raised more than $1,400 as of Tuesday evening. Ava died more than a year-and-a-half after a three-year-old boy drowned at a Texas water park on a busy day after his mom allegedly was preoccupied on her phone for hours. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@ For more stories like this, check our news page. MORE: Boy, 1, dies after 'his mom left him in hot car for hours to get cosmetic procedure' MORE: Shocking moment Olympic gold medalist Mary Lou Retton busted for drunk driving MORE: Trump complains about Putin's 'bulls***' during Ukraine peace talks
Daily Mirror
08-07-2025
- Daily Mirror
Girl, 9, drowns in busy pool full of adults as child found her 'lying on bottom'
Ava Rose McCourt, 9, was praised as a child who "loved life and enjoyed singing, laughing and giving hugs" following her tragic death at a pool she was visiting with her dad's partner A young girl drowned in a busy pool full of adults and children after her dad's partner looked away for "a moment", with another child making the horrific discovery of her 'lying on the bottom' of the pool. Ava Rose McCourt, 9, disappeared from sight as she swam in a pool at the Clinton Mobile Home Resort in Tiffin, Ohio, on June 28. Her dad's partner, and soon-to-be wife, Christina Bryant told police the girl could not swim and had been using a pool noodle to float. Ms Bryant told officers she turned away for a brief moment and that when she looked back, Ava was missing. She started to frantically search before another child found her at the "bottom of the pool in the deep end" resulting in a bystander giving her CPR until emergency services arrived, according to a police report. Ava's dad, Jesse McCourt, had been fishing a the trailer park's lake close to the pool at the time of her disappearance. Ava was rushed to Mercy Tiffin Hospital where she was pronounced dead upon arrival at the ER. An autopsy will be carried out by the Lucas County Coroner's Office. Witnesses at the pool said Ava vanished under the water without anyone noticing and had reportedly not splashed or made sounds of distress. One witness claimed it had happened as fast as a person snapping their fingers, MailOnline reported. Little Ava Rose had been taught how to swim in the days leading up to her death, although she was not able to swim by herself. Officers said the investigation into the death was "over." In a post thanking people who had donated to their GoFundMe page, Ms Bryan wrote: "Please respect all parties involved. We will have no and I mean no issues over these kind of things. I don't understand how this is our reality right now. We are broken... My fiancé, myself and Ava's bio mom are gonna have some really hard days." Ava's previous teachers at Krout Elementary School in Tiffin shared their condolences. Lori Harp said: "Ava was such a sweet girl with the biggest heart. She loved giving me hugs at the end of the day and loved telling me stories when I helped with her class in 2nd grade." Melissa Cimo, her second grade teacher, said: "I absolutely loved being Ava's 2nd grade teacher and she brought so much joy to me." Little Ava was buried on July 3 following a funeral at Green Springs, Ohio. Her obituary read: "Ava loved life and enjoyed singing, dancing, laughing and giving hugs. She was a very kind girl and loved to spend time with her family and shopping."
