re:
Don't Let Them Drown! -- Summer Safety
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2512.4 in response to 2512.1
It is so easy to lose track of a little one, especially at a large family gathering. We had a case here where the parents of 3 children, the yougest 2 years old, were at a large family get together where there was a pool. Tragically, the 2 year old drowned, either because they lost track of him for awhile or they thought someone was watching him in the pool, I can't remember which. The parents were arrested, thrown in jail and their other 2 children taken away from them. The state attorney general said he "wanted to make an example of them."
While I agree the parents were negligent, it was an accident, and the state very much exceeded it's authority. And for that attorney general to "make an example" of 2 grieving parents was pretty heartless.