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Jones said according to the parents, Samuel was participating in a swimming activity at day camp at the park. Witnesses told authorities that the boy was pulled from the water by a local man who was swimming at the pool.

Jones said lifeguards were present at the pool. Local emergency personnel tried to revive the boy at the scene.



This tragic death was 100% preventable; most drownings are. There is absolutely no excuse for it. "Swimming activity at day camp" means there should have been day camp employees around to watch him and "lifeguards were present at the pool" on top of that!

I realize parents have to work and put their kids in these camps for the summer, but these places should be researched carefully. All staff should be trained and certified in CPR and the ratio of child care worker to child should be very small.

Personally, unless my child was a good swimmer, I would not allow him/her to go to a "swimming activity" at these places because you just can't be assured the staff will keep their eyes on the child. It only takes a brief moment for a child to drown in a pool; therefore, 100% vigilance at all times is required.

I was at a pool party/cookout a few weeks ago where the pool area was separated from the cookout area by a fence. Mainly it was the older children in the pool at the time and I happened to be in the area as well when two little ones - toddlers - came walking over to the pool. Both children got within two feet of it when I jumped up, put an arm out in front of each child and gently encouraged them to walk a safe distance away from the pool area. A couple of minutes later they came back in so I stayed there to be sure those kids didn't fall in. The parents, I'm sure, didn't realize the children had come so close to the pool, but they had turned away and were busy talking to other adults.

It only takes a few seconds for tragedy to happen so please watch your little ones this summer, and the kids who aren't the strongest of swimmers. This story just breaks my heart and I can only imagine how the parents are feeling right now.
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Originally posted by Matted Down Weirdo:
The article says "dies" but I think they killed him today,sure miracles or w/e you wanna call it rarely happen but I've seen parents care for a "vegatative" child for 20 years and this couple pisses on their kid after less than 20 hours


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Originally posted by Buttercup:
I doubt this has occurred to you, Weirdo, but the child is probably brain dead. I'm sure this was a difficult decision for the parents (with the guidance of the physicians) to make. Your remarks are stupid and disrespectful to his family.


I agree with you Buttercup. Weirdo needs to go hide his/her face in shame.
Weirdo,
I commend you for recognizing that it might offend someone, and pulling your post.

Lots of people don't take responsibility for their comments/actions, so good for you.
And no- it was not common knowledge that he was brain dead (which ISNOT reversible). The reports made it sound like he was in a coma or something.
At any rate, it is a tragic situation. Unbelievably sad.
Our policy is that if a child comes over to swim, the parent must stay. And our kids do not swim ANYWHERE without a parent present. Just a word to the wise, nobody watches your kids like a parent.
Poor family.
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Originally posted by Matted Down Weirdo:
I feel awful for the parents but a SIX YEAR OLD if you can't WATCH your CHILD WHO IS SIX then no swimming that day wait til you can watch


He was in the care of a day camp so I am under the impression that the parents weren't there. I'm sure they feel bad enough since they weren't, Matted.
i don't think it is the proper thing to do, to try to judge parents, especially when nothing can bring this poor lambie back. that's why they call it an accident, accident's happen, sometimes even when everyone does their best. the world is gray, it's not black and white, and the world is not perfect. we like to think that there was a mistake because it scares us that this could happen to someone we love, so we judge others. my babies are grown now. i was a paranoid parent, i went on every field trip, did not let my kids go on some of the water related field trips, only rarely did i let them spend the night, and was overly careful at every step. but my kids still ended up in the emergency room with stitches and injuries. one time i went with my child to a pool party and offered to help watch the children. my children did not always appreciate my over protectiveness, and did not understand until they had children of their own. they always said, too much love mom. now they tell me to be real careful when watching their lambies. as parents we just love our children so very much. let's just pray for this poor little family, and ask God to wrap them in his arms. we can all benefit from finding out how this happened, making us all a little wiser. sometimes children drown in even a small spa, with everyone standing around, and no one notices, a child going in. we never had a pool, they scared me too much. but once when my child was two, he climbed over our fence while i was in the bathroom for only literally a minute. my child climbed a fence, tried to get in my neighbor's pool, my neighbor scolded him, and he climbed back over the fence before i returned to the yard. my child could have drowned just that quick. i ran in a few feet from my child for just one minute. i thought i was a perfect parent, that my toddler was too young to climb over our locked fence, but i made a mistake. but was lucky my neighbor was in his yard. there are several pools on my street, and over the years (over 20) one child and one adult have drowned on my street. i would never have a pool.
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Originally posted by ivy:
i don't think it is the proper thing to do, to try to judge a situation, especially when nothing can bring this poor lambie back. that's why they call it an accident, accident's happen, sometimes even when everyone does their best. the world is gray, it's not black and white, and the world is not perfect. we like to think that there was a mistake because it scares us that this could happen to someone we love, so we judge others. my babies are grown now. i was a paranoid parent, i went on every field trip, did not let my kids go on some of the water related field trips, only rarely did i let them spend the night, and was overly careful at every step. but my kids still ended up in the emergency room with stitches and injuries. one time i went with my child to a pool party and offered to help watch the children. my children did not always appreciate my over protectiveness, and did not understand until they had children of their own. they always said, too much love mom. now they tell me to be real careful when watching their lambies. as parents we just love our children so very much. let's just pray for this poor little family, and ask God to wrap them in his arms. we can all benefit from finding out how this happened, making us all a little wiser. sometimes children drown in even a small spa, with everyone standing around, and no one notices, a child going in. we never had a pool, they scared me too much. but once when my child was two, he climbed over our fence while i was in the bathroom for only literally a minute. my child climbed a fence, tried to get in my neighbor's pool, my neighbor scolded him, and he climbed back over the fence before i returned to the yard. my child could have drowned just that quick. i ran in a few feet from my child for just one minute. i thought i was a perfect parent, that my toddler was too young to climb over our locked fence, but i made a mistake. but was lucky my neighbor was in his yard.


I understand that being overprotective can be a danger too, but that's not the case here.

With day camp staff and lifeguards on duty, a child should not drown. If he wasn't a strong swimmer, that should have been communicated to the staff, but still, it was ultimately the "staff's" responsibility to watch him.
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Originally posted by Matted Down Weirdo:
At least I deleted my opinion even though it was my opinion when I saw it bothered or offended good decent people but its fine Semi you seem to b & moan and fuss with others often


Buttercup said you were stupid & disrespectful to the family. What makes my opinion any different/worse?
Moan & fuss with others? Alot of people have different opinions & voice them but yet you pick me out? Confused
I did not realize you had deleted your statement until after my post. You won't see me calling people here names but I'm as entitled to my opinion as anyone else.

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