Girl, 8, died after being sucked into pool pipe at Hilton DoubleTree Hotel
dailyrecord.co.ukThe tragic schoolgirl who died after being sucked into a pool pipe at a Hilton DoubleTree Hotel has been named.Aliyah Lynette Jaico, eight, had been swimming in the lazy river pool at the venue in northwest Houston on Saturday when she dipped under the water and never resurfaced.
After a major review of the hotel's security footage and after a sweep of the entire facility, it was determined that she had gone underwater and then never resurfaced.Authorities drained the pool and began searching for her.
They moved a camera up one of the pipes and found the child had became stuck in a tube and had drowned.Her mother, Daniela Jaico, took to Facebook to pay tribute to her daughter as she remembered her "noble heart" and "big smile that was contagious with joy."She wrote: "They say we all have our destiny marked...
but I can't understand why yours was like this.. Thank you my love for the eight years you gave me by your side. Thank you my girl for teaching me what love is and a noble heart."The message, which was translated from Spanish by Facebook's built-in translation feature, continued: "I still don't accept that you won't be here anymore, I don't have to pretend.
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