Witness: Drowned Teen Said He Could "Swim Like Michael Phelps"

Full story: 620AM WTMJ

The morning after searchers recovered 14-year-old Darieus Nelson's body Thursday, there is a report a friend who was swimming with Nelson said that Darieus yelled "I swim like Michael Phelps" before going into the water and eventually drowning.

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