Terrible summertime accident

**cab54** · 08-05-2010, 10:14 PM

What a horrible thing to happen. I feel so badly for the families.

**NikoSan999** · 08-06-2010, 09:32 AM

Originally Posted by dcompton

My first thought was for the survivor too and what he will suffer for the rest of his life. I'm not sure but some of the drowned may have been his brothers/sisters. It sounded like it was only the two families involved.

If I remember right there were 3 from each family..so 3 of the kids drowned had to be his brothers and/or sisters

**Greebo** · 08-06-2010, 09:36 AM

Saw this story a few days ago on another forum.

Suffice it to say that while I feel terrible for their loss, I also feel absolute outrage that a group of people with *NO* swimmers in it would go picnicking near open flowing water and ALLOW their non-swimming children to get anywhere near it!

**druthb00** · 08-06-2010, 09:56 AM

Originally Posted by imagine

I agree

I grew up near natural water, because of this the public school I attended required swimming lesson in P.E. for fourth grade through high school.
We were required to pass the highest level of red cross swimming lesson to graduate. (Had to pass swimming to pass high school P.E. had to pass P.E. to graduate.) We also had to become Red Cross CPR certified to pass the required health class and thus graduate.

The school took our safety seriously.

What a great idea! We used the pool during P.E. in high school but it was mostly to play water polo or just as a "free day." I think any high school with a pool should do exactly what yours did. Thinking back, there were so many kids I went to school with that couldn't swim. It would have been so easy to make that a part of the P.E. classes.

**Darlene** · 08-06-2010, 01:04 PM

I learned to swim at our local park (red cross, free lessons) and many years later I enrolled my children in the very same program at the same park.

If any good can come from this tragedy it's the hope that parents make sure they and their children learn to swim. It's one of those skills that everyone should know, even adults. It's not too late, find a way, make it happen.

**annymoll** · 08-06-2010, 09:26 PM

To me, a terrible example of parental neglect. To allow children to swim without one person having the ability to swim and supervise is just unspeakable.A lesson to be learned, in the most horrific example,a lifetime of regret.Very sad.