A teenager died after being pulled from a pool at a high school on Chicago's Southwest Side on Wednesday, according to police and fire officials.
The incident occurred at John F. Kennedy High School, located at 6325 W. 56th Street in the city's Garfield Ridge neighborhood, authorities said.
“They went to the bottom, they were pulling him out and I was on the other side—the side where they pulled him out on—and I just saw him,” said student Angeline Lopez. “His face was so pale and blue, his lips were just white.”
The Chicago Fire Department was dispatched to the school around 1 p.m., according to spokesperson Larry Langford. A 14-year-old boy was pulled unconscious from the pool, Langford said.
First responders performed CPR at the scene before the boy was taken in "extremely critical condition" to MacNeal Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead, according to officials.
Further details on the incident or the boy's identity was not immediately available. Authorities have opened a death investigation, according to Chicago police.
"Crisis supports are on the way to the school, and additional information is forthcoming," a spokesperson for Chicago Public Schools said in a statement.