A swimming instructor drowned during a breath hold exercise, struggled for 5 minutes and died. The staff filmed and played in the pool but did not save him.

A swimming instructor in Zhengzhou, Henan Province drowned while conducting breath-holding training in the swimming pool. A family member who claimed to have complained online said a member of staff was filming near the pool for almost 9 minutes at the time of the sideline incident without being rescued. The incident has been proven to be true and has been handed over to the Criminal Investigations Brigade to deal with. The results of subsequent investigations will be published.

According to reports, a woman named Li claimed to be the sister of the deceased. She posted a complaint on social platforms on Sunday (5th) that her 25-year-old brother was working as a swimming instructor at a gym in Zhengzhou on the 26th of last month.

During working hours, he drowned while doing breath-holding training in the swimming pool. During this time, the swimming pool staff took video recordings with their mobile phones. After her brother sank to the bottom for several minutes, staff failed to save him in time. Onlookers noticed that something was wrong and jumped into the water to save him, but the golden rescue time was lost.