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leaving three lives lost before anyone could pull them from the water.

Now, a community that once prayed for a successful surgery gathers to mourn a family taken without warning.

Neighbors light candles, churches hold vigils, and strangers whisper Miguel’s name with a tenderness reserved for children gone too soon.

The investigation may eventually explain how it happened, but it cannot answer the question that haunts everyone: why a road to hope had to end this way.