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New Pittsburgh Courier:

Kingsley looks to heal after pool tragedy
by Sonya M. Toler, Courier Staff Writer

Malik Bankston and his Kingsley Association staff are trying to heal after a teenager drowned in the new community center's pool.

Opened just three weeks ago, the pool was closed July 20 after 15-year-old DeGulle Ngankam, of Highland Park, drowned.
"The staff is grief-stricken," said Bankston, Kingsley's executive director.
"The staff needs healing," he said. "There will be several things that we will be doing over the next few days together."
The day after the incident, anyone visiting the Frankstown Avenue facility could see the sorrow on the faces of the employees.
Grief counselors who have been called in for staff, Kingsley members and anyone else who wants to talk about the incident are assisting in part of the healing process."