Delaware County community honors life of 15-year-old lifeguard who died while working

The lifeguard was a rising 10th grader at Academy Park High School in Sharon Hill.
Saturday, July 22, 2023
FOLCROFT, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- A Pennsylvania community came together Saturday night to honor a teenage lifeguard who died while working in Delaware County.

Ethan Joner, 15, was a lifeguard at the Folcroft Swim Club in Folcroft.
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He passed away on July 13.

On Saturday morning, the club hosted a Christmas Toy Drive for the Fostering Hope Foundation, which helps support foster families in the area.

All toys from the drive will be delivered in Joner's honor, officials say.
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Joner was a rising 10th grader at Academy Park High School in Sharon Hill.

The cause of his death has not been released.
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