The best friend of the Brooklyn teen who drowned on a class hiking trip said a teacher gave the doomed student permission to swim in the lake where he died.
"The teacher said that we could swim," the boy said.
The claim came the day after Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott said that Jean Fritz Pierre, 16, and another student had split off from others during Monday's trip to Bear Mountain State Park by a group from International HS in Prospect Heights.
He did not mention whether the kids had permission.
The friend told the victim's dad that he joined Pierre and two other pals in Hessian Lake as the teacher and three other kids watched from shore.
The group's bus driver was in a rowboat watching the students as well, the teen said.
The pal said he watched in horror as Pierre suddenly went under, and claimed he desperately tried to save his buddy.
"The water was strong and I tried to grab him, but it was pulling me, too, and I had to let go," he told the dad, Jonas Pierre.
"I'm sorry," said the boy.
Jonas Pierre — who gave permission for his son to go hiking, but not swimming — blasted the school.
"They killed my son, because I didn't give permission to go into the [water] with my son," he told The Post.
The father, who emigrated from Haiti when his son was 4 years old, was devastated by the loss of his only child.
"I feel crazy. He's the only one I have. The whole family is cry, cry, cry," said Jonas Pierre.
Jean's mother is still in Haiti, he said, adding:
"She keeps calling and saying, 'Why, why?' "
Walcott declined to comment yesterday, as did a Department of Education spokeswoman.
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