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COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- Update:

A memorial service is planned for two Colorado Springs teens who died after they were pulled unresponsive from Prospect Lake in Memorial Park.

Victorino DeJesus Martinez and Juan Neri Seguro died Monday.

Both were 18.

The service is scheduled for Thursday at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church.

Hundreds of people attended a candlelight vigil on Tuesday at Harrison High School, where the teens attended classes.

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Reporter: Chris Buckley

Hundreds of Harrison High School students, faculty members and families gathered at the school Tuesday night to mourn the deaths of two students.

Victorino Dejesus Marinez and Juan Neri Segura, both 18-year-old seniors, died in a swimming accident at Memorial Park on Monday afternoon.

Tuesday was a somber day at Harrison.

"It was sad.  I didn't even go to any of my classes," senior Tekia Asquith said.  "It was just very quiet."

She and dozens of others spent the day making banners for the Martinez and Segura families. 

Hundreds gathered for a candlelight vigil in one of the school's parking lots.

Martinez was a star soccer player.

"Victorino, he was great, I always saw him happy, never sad," Asquith said.   "He always put a smile on my face, he had a great smile. You could play around with him, I'll always remember him by the way he walked and ran, he was just a great person."

Segura ran cross country.

"They were both good friends, good guys that didn't deserve what happened to them," senior Daniel Cordero said, surrounded by a group of friends.  "We all appreciated them, they were smart, didn't give up on obstacles.  Those were two guys that were always happy, no matter what."

The district is providing crisis counselors at the High School all week.  District officials said there's been an outpouring of support at all levels.

"The Harrison community is a very strong, resilient, tight-knit community, so we're all here to support each other," Harrison school district two PIO Jennifer Sprague said. "We have experts here to support us with counseling services, we also have parents, families and the community as a whole that are here to support our kids, we've received an outpouring of support from the city as a whole, everybody is thinking about us and their sympathy goes out to the families, so we're thankful that we have this support."

It was a group of students who came up with the idea to hold a vigil; a way to remember two young men who were friends to so many.

"We wanted to do this because they deserve it," Cordero said. "They may not be here but we know they're watching us, and they deserve it."