TEARS from 14-year-old Sameer Ragbir’s family poured onto the sands of Mayaro beach on May 7 after his body was found by a search and rescue team two days after he disappeared while swimming.

Sameer left his Claxton Bay home on May 5 to go to a nearby beach resort with his siblings to celebrate his sister’s 18th birthday. The siblings, along with Ragbir’s sisters’ two boyfriends, planned to spend the night at the resort.

After arriving at the resort, he decided to go for a sea bath with one of his sisters and her boyfriend. Around 3.30 pm, he began experiencing difficulties and disappeared below the water shortly afterwards. His sister and her boyfriend tried to get help, but no one was able to rescue him.