'I know he wants us to push through this'
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BONNEY LAKE, Wash. -- An entire school turned out Sunday night to honor a teen who drowned in Lake Tapps on the last day of school.
Students joined teachers, police officers and firefighters to spell out an incredible moving tribute in light to the popular athlete.
Some 600 people stood shoulder-to-shoulder, holding up candles and forming a massive "Q" in honor of 16-year-old Quentin Boggan, whose life suddenly ended in the waters of Lake Tapps.
His classmates cheered as friends shared stories of Quentin. They kept the focus on his life and not the tragedy that ended it.
"He's made an impact on so many different lives out here," said Isaiah Weed.
Quentin had just wrapped up his freshman year at Bonney Lake High School and went swimming with classmates to celebrate the start of summer break. But something went wrong as he leapt from a floating dock to head for shore.
"Then about halfway he stopped," said Ethan McElderry. "And I didn't know at the time... why he stopped."
Quentin never called out for help and no one realized anything was wrong until it was too late. By that time Quentin had already been underwater for several minutes.
"He was always a happy guy," said Dillon Jordan, a friend and teammate of Quentin. "Always smiling and making you laugh. You could never picture something like that happening to him."
Quentin played wide receiver and cornerback on his high school football team, and he was also a big basketball fan.
Before the candlelight vigil, hundreds of mourners gathered at Calvary Community Church in Sumner to pray, write messages to Quentin's family and to deal with their grief together.
"I'm going to miss him, but I know he's looking down on us, said Jordan. "He's smiling at us and I know he wants us to push through this."
It's still not clear exactly what caused Quentin to drown. But the water of Lake Tapps is fed from glacial runoff and can be deceptively cold.
Students joined teachers, police officers and firefighters to spell out an incredible moving tribute in light to the popular athlete.
Some 600 people stood shoulder-to-shoulder, holding up candles and forming a massive "Q" in honor of 16-year-old Quentin Boggan, whose life suddenly ended in the waters of Lake Tapps.
His classmates cheered as friends shared stories of Quentin. They kept the focus on his life and not the tragedy that ended it.
"He's made an impact on so many different lives out here," said Isaiah Weed.
Quentin had just wrapped up his freshman year at Bonney Lake High School and went swimming with classmates to celebrate the start of summer break. But something went wrong as he leapt from a floating dock to head for shore.
"Then about halfway he stopped," said Ethan McElderry. "And I didn't know at the time... why he stopped."
Quentin never called out for help and no one realized anything was wrong until it was too late. By that time Quentin had already been underwater for several minutes.
"He was always a happy guy," said Dillon Jordan, a friend and teammate of Quentin. "Always smiling and making you laugh. You could never picture something like that happening to him."
Quentin played wide receiver and cornerback on his high school football team, and he was also a big basketball fan.
Before the candlelight vigil, hundreds of mourners gathered at Calvary Community Church in Sumner to pray, write messages to Quentin's family and to deal with their grief together.
"I'm going to miss him, but I know he's looking down on us, said Jordan. "He's smiling at us and I know he wants us to push through this."
It's still not clear exactly what caused Quentin to drown. But the water of Lake Tapps is fed from glacial runoff and can be deceptively cold.
