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A 13-year-old boy who nearly drowned in Prospect Park Lake in Brooklyn last month has died after clinging to life for weeks, his family says. Rikeverns “Ricky” Joassaint died Wednesday with his mother at his bedside after she flew to the city to be with him, according to relatives. “He fought and held on until we were able to bring his mom from the Caribbean to come to his bedside,” family .