--- description: An 8-year-old boy died after he was found unresponsive in a swimming pool at a Pennsylvania's Knoebels Amusement Resort Saturday title: 8-Year-Old Boy Drowns in Pool at Pennsylvania Amusement Park image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 8-Year-Old Boy Drowns in Pool at Knoebels Amusement Resort  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 17, 2016 2:20 PM CUT  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 17, 2016 2:20 PM CUT An 8-year-old boy [died after he was found unresponsive](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/372b0b7ba83744efb1a72ce64a61170c/boy-8-drowns-pool-pennsylvania-amusement-park "undefined") in a swimming pool at a Pennsylvania amusement park Saturday, officials said. Yassin Boudriss had been lying in about three feet of water for several minutes at Knoebels Amusement Park & Resort, Montour County Coroner Scott Lynn told [_The Daily Item_](http://www.dailyitem.com/news/boy-dies-after-being-found-unresponsive-in-knoebels-pool/article%5Ffe15bd90-4bb0-11e6-afcd-5b3217e08386.html "undefined"). The coroner said the boy may have been affected by a medical condition before he entered the pool, the newspaper reports. Knoebels said in a [statement](https://www.facebook.com/KnoebelsAmusementResort/posts/10157118151775551 "undefined") on Facebook that “a tragedy occurred” about 3 p.m. Saturday. A lifeguard immediately initiated emergency care after finding the boy unresponsive, and the child was taken to a hospital, the amusement park said. “The Knoebel family and team members had been hoping and praying for the best possible outcome, but are saddened to have learned from local authorities that the young boy has passed away,” the statement said. “Please join us in keeping the boy’s family in your prayers.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4409627/knoebels-amusement-resort-drowning-boy/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4409627/knoebels-amusement-resort-drowning-boy/"},"headline":"8-Year-Old Boy Drowns in Pool at Knoebels Amusement Resort","datePublished":"2016-07-17T14:20:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T09:54:54.182Z","description":"He was found unresponsive in about three feet of water","url":"https://time.com/4409627/knoebels-amusement-resort-drowning-boy/","keywords":["Pennsylvania"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4409627/knoebels-amusement-resort-drowning-boy/","name":"8-Year-Old Boy Drowns in Pool at Knoebels Amusement Resort"}}]}] ```