MissMalowe
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I have been reading everyone's posts and as always am so impressed by how many clever, clever WSs there are here!
One fact that really disturbs me is why neither the Dad or the GF didn't attract attention by shouting/screaming that a child is missing to alert and rally those other people in the park to immediately begin looking for him!
I know the panic I have felt on those rare occasions that I could not see my child and add to that that they were near a body of water! I would want as much help as quickly as possible!!
I hope we hear some news tomorrow.
I've wondered about this as well. It seems like such an obvious concept (yelling out either to your child or to other people) yet, he never mentions having done either in his interview.
Possible reasons why not?
-Embarrassment
(not wanting to draw attention to his having lost sight of his child; fear of judgement)
-Denial
(not knowing the severity of the situation at the time or not feeling a need of the assistance or awareness of other park goers)
-Fear
(That yelling Maddox's name might make his son run further away/faster)
Honestly, I agree with others that embarrassment/shame is a large piece to the puzzle both in how some details of the father's accounts of how he lost sight of Maddox to begin with are hard to understand as well as the long delay in calling of the police; therefore I think it likely is at least one factor as to why he wasn't yelling for Maddox or to others for Help as well. Embarrassment.