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Tybee you will never be forgotten
This one happened right down the street where I work.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,289161,00.html
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,289161,00.html
This one happened right down the street where I work.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,289161,00.html
Tragic. Okay, where were the adults supervising the child?
These types of pools in waterparks are extremely dangerous. I am a very strong swimmer and was in one of these in my mid 20's and I struggled staying afloat.
What the hell was a four year doing in one of them??? :furious:
Please don't take my next question wrong I am really sincerely just curious ....
To those of you who said you almost had mishaps in similar type pools..
What type of bodies of water were you use to swimming in? And about how long ago was the mishap?
I think in recent years these pools are safer and from the Article it says the park has not had a fatal accident in 8 years and that was not in the wave pool.
To me that is a darn good track record especially near any type of water.
This makes no sense at all. A 4 year old should be nowhere near a wave pool! I was in one when I was like 13 and thought I was going to die.
Where were his parents, and where was the life guard (not that I'm blaming them, just curious) and where were the people around this little boy that saw him struggling in there.
2:30 pm a wave pool in that big of a park would be filled with people.
2 feet of water is not the deep end at all. At 3, my son is 3.5 feet tall. Somebody must've seen him.
That is so true!Better yet why was not he in a life jacket .I know they have them there. It is up to the parents to request one though.
Dena, the article said he was found unconscious in 2 feet But I think he could have been much deeper and the wave carried him in.
I am blaming the parents as its their job to protect their child and clearly he was not being supervised.
From what I know the parents were not supervising, the kid could not swim and the parents did not request any floatation devices even though they are provided upon request from the park.
I hold them in the highest percentage of responsibility.
I hope they don't sue, but they will and with our stupid system, they'll probably win.
Please don't take my next question wrong I am really sincerely just curious ....
To those of you who said you almost had mishaps in similar type pools..
What type of bodies of water were you use to swimming in? And about how long ago was the mishap?
I think in recent years these pools are safer and from the Article it says the park has not had a fatal accident in 8 years and that was not in the wave pool.
To me that is a darn good track record especially near any type of water.
Am - I was in my mid 20's (I'm in my late 30's now). My swimming experience is just pools, lakes and some swimming in fairly shallow beach water. These wave pools are made to simulate big ocean type waves and believe me they do. The one I was in is at Schlitterbahn in New Braunfels, Texas. I'm going to do my best to describe it. The wave part is actually attached to a beach/shore like swimming area (small children play here), you can swim out deeper into the wave part and be caught up in the continuous waves. I don't even know how deep the water is, but it's impossible for anyone to reach the bottom at the highest part.
I don't know exactly what the wave pool was in this situation, but if it was similiar, I'm wondering if this little boy was playing in the beach/shore part and wandered out a little too far and got caught up in the wave. If it's similiar to the one at Schlittlerbahn, then he could have been in there completely unnoticed by anyone. His parents should have been watching him closely and I do blame them for this. Yes, it's a tragic accident, but they should have had him in a life vest and never taken their eyes off him.
I hope I'm making sense. It's Friday afternoon and it's been a long week.
New Mom I know they do!! That is why I asked what everyone's swimming experience was.
I have been raised in the ocean my entire life... I also live in Florida where we have MANY water theme parks with wave pools ...
I believe these pools need to have at the very least a warning to those not familiar with swimming in the Ocean as well as a mandatory vest wearing policy for children.
Just like boats do.
On the same token I believe that parents who leave their children unsupervised near water are morons.
I could easily see how someone who is a strong swimmer on a lake or pool would be at risk in an ocean or even a wave pool.
Unless you have experienced it (as you did Newmom) there is simply noway to be prepared for swimming in high waves if you never have.
Living on the ocean in one of the worlds largest tourist spots, it never ceases to amaze me the people who will let there kids play in OBVIOUSLY dangerous waves.
I mean most often you can tell these people have not seen an Ocean a day in their lives and they are seemingly lulled into some sense of security because of its picturesque quality with no awareness of the danger or any knowledge of water safety beyond that of a back yard pool.
One body of water is not the same as another.
New Mom I know they do!! That is why I asked what everyone's swimming experience was.
I have been raised in the ocean my entire life...