{"id":179860,"date":"2023-09-11T20:19:44","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T20:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/?p=179860"},"modified":"2023-09-11T20:19:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T20:19:44","slug":"pictured-boy-16-who-died-in-a-canal-on-the-hottest-day-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/world-news\/pictured-boy-16-who-died-in-a-canal-on-the-hottest-day-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Pictured: Boy, 16, who died in a canal on the hottest day of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Pictured: Boy, 16, who died in a canal after entering the water on the hottest day of the year &#8211; as heartbroken family pay tribute<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Read more: 16-year-old boy dies in a canal in Burnley after entering the water\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The 16-year-old boy who died in a canal after entering the water on the hottest day of the year has been named locally.<\/p>\n<p>Preston McNally was pulled from the Leeds-Liverpool Canal in Burnley, Lancashire, on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency services were called at 4.20pm on that day, which sparked a frantic search for the teenager.<\/p>\n<p>However, it ended in tragedy when his body was recovered from the water just before 7.20pm.<\/p>\n<p>Paying tribute on social media, a heartbroken family member described him as someone who made &#8216;every person laugh.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/11\/19\/75305871-12505793-image-a-3_1694458146181.jpg\" height=\"421\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Preston McNally, 16,\u00a0died in a canal after entering the water on the hottest day of the year<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/11\/19\/75271611-12505793-The_unnamed_teen_was_pulled_from_the_Leeds_Liverpool_Canal_in_Bu-a-1_1694458074209.jpg\" height=\"485\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The unnamed teen was pulled from the Leeds-Liverpool Canal in Burnley, Lancashire. Pictured: People sailing along the canal last week<\/p>\n<p>The distraught relative said: &#8216;Oh my darling boy. My heart is broken. You didn&#8217;t deserve this and our family didn&#8217;t deserve this.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You were so loved and you made every person laugh so much. It was only days ago you chipped your front tooth (I&#8217;ve heard you still had 4 girls around you).<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I am so sorry you have been taken from us, I&#8217;m sorry for us all but especially your mum and dad and my dad too.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Your sisters, your aunties, your cousins, your nannies, we&#8217;re all going to miss you so much.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;My heart aches and I don&#8217;t know how we will ever come to terms with losing you.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Forever 16 and forever in our hearts. Love you always.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Other grieving relatives said their &#8216;world has crashed down into a million pieces&#8217; after his tragic death.<\/p>\n<p>One posted: &#8216;Yesterday we lost someone who was loved by so many. Our sweet squishy faced blue eyed boy, he was the bane of our lives.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/11\/19\/75271547-12505793-The_UK_had_the_seventh_consecutive_day_of_30C_heat_on_Sunday_the-a-2_1694458077522.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The UK had the seventh consecutive day of 30C heat on Sunday &#8211; the longest September heatwave on record. Saturday was officially the hottest day of the year so far, with a temperature of 32.7C recorded at Heathrow. Pictured: Dunsden, Oxfordshire<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Words cannot comprehend how we are all feeling as a family, we are devastated, empty and just like that over night our world has crashed down into a million pieces.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Another said: &#8216;There will only ever be one Preston McNally.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>His death comes as the Met Office confirmed the UK had a seventh consecutive day of 30C heat on Sunday &#8211; the longest September heatwave on record.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday was officially the hottest day of the year so far, with a temperature of 32.7C recorded at Heathrow.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday became the seventh consecutive day of 30 degree weather in the UK with 32.5C recorded in Cambridge.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12505793\/Pictured-Boy-16-died-canal-entering-water-hottest-day-year.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pictured: Boy, 16, who died in a canal after entering the water on the hottest day of the year &#8211; 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