Please read this story...sad news
www.wenatcheeworld.com/.../
(NOTE: If the link doesn't get you to the story, click on the "HOME" button on the newspaper website, it'll be the "front page story". It's being updated frequently, so this link could be ever changing.)
Very very sad story and circumstance that happened today at the high school pool. :( I really feel sorry for the parents of this person, and I'm sure a lawsuit of some kind will be coming. I'm just glad I wasn't one of the teachers who was supposed to be "watching" the class.
I swim with my masters group every morning in this pool, and for the remainder of the month, ALL groups are out of the pool. Apparently the high school P.E. classes that use the pool for their swimming portion of the year, do so with the regular P.E. teachers supervising. Not a trained lifeguard, water instructor, etc. type of person. Just a regular old teacher.
I just talked with my masters coach, and she got the call from the school that said we are out, along with the swim team is out, and every user group out till the end of the month while they "do an investigation".
Basically what is going to be happening, is that they are going to require having a paid lifeguard on deck while all groups are using the pool. Not a problem for us to pay for that in the morning for masters, but kinda sucks that we're out till December. Hopefully we'll be able to return then, if not sooner!
I will still be able to swim in the afternoons at the YMCA pool, but I do enjoy my mornings.
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Very, very sad. I can't imagine what it is like for everyone involved. it seems the school should have had better precautions to keep kids out the pool when it was unattended.
This reminds me of what happened when I was in HS. There was a neighborhood party in a very ritzy neighborhood. Everyone had gone inside to eat and a newly adopted, 2 year old girl belonging to one of the guests crawled into the pool and drowned. Someone noticed reasonably quickly and got her out. When the ambulance arrived, they did not have a proper size breathing tube on board and the girl ended up dying. It was a very, very sad and ugly situation.
OH BOY!!! Let the lawsuit begin!!
Seems like a slam dunk case to me. Not sure about $15 million, but I think the Reyes family will get a big payday. Too bad it won't bring their son back, though.
Seems like a slam dunk case to me. Not sure about $15 million, but I think the Reyes family will get a big payday. Too bad it won't bring their son back, though.
I know. It's sad news for sure. Did you happen to see this story on the Seattle news last night??
Well said Kurt,
The planitffs and the scumbag lawyers likely set the whole thing up for a big payday. Meanwhile, the defendants are looking for the truth.
After all, who would have thought to provide safety around water? This type of incident doesn't happen often, and the taxpayers certainly shouldn't need to pay for the support of expensive rules and regulations at a public childrens facility. We are taxed enough. Children need to take some responsibility for their actions, and where were this kids parents anyway?
All an investigation will accomplish is finger pointing and more expensive rule changes.
Good old fashion lynching indeed.
I honestly can't tell if this post is meant to be sarcastic. This is a good time for me to mention my brand new crusade promoting the use of more smilies! :applaud::chug::banana::bliss:
(If the truth hurts their case, defendants are likely to love it a lot less than plaintiffs.)
I think the point is the truth in a lawsuit is likely (and often intended) to get muddled as it helps one's case better.
Other points may include the fact that 15 million is not going to get their child back but will guarantee that nobody can use the pool and taxpayers will be footing the bill. I am not here to say the case has no merit but in my mind, there is only damages that equal 15 million if the deceased is a father of 4 making 250K per year.
Another point possibly would be why an almost adult is swimming when he apparently either can't swim or has a medical condition that makes it dangerous for him to swim (and is it the teacher who has 40 students per hour supposed to know this or perhaps would it be the duty of the student or parent to convey that little nugget of information).
Somehow my 4 brothers and I made it through a total of 50 plus accumulative years of competitive swimming without having lifeguards at our side. I see them there all the time now. Is there any evidence their presence helps?
Accidents are a thing of the past. Personal culpability is gone. Someone is always to blame and someone must pay.
And I agree to more love, especially this time of year. :):afraid::bighug::bliss::blah::cheerleader:
Another point possibly would be why an almost adult is swimming when he apparently either can't swim or has a medical condition that makes it dangerous for him to swim (and is it the teacher who has 40 students per hour supposed to know this or perhaps would it be the duty of the student or parent to convey that little nugget of information).
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It was a swimming class -- presumably that would be a safe place for an almost adult who couldn't swim but wanted to learn.
“I need the answer to ‘What happened to my son?’ “
...but in lieu of an answer, I'll take 15 million
It's unlikely that they'll get that much, but asking for such a large sum is more likely to produce some answers. In any case, this is just a precursor to the actual lawsuit.
