TEACH THE CHILDREN TO SWIM!

[Lady Cop]

in the ATL thread we've discussed some recent tragic preventable child pool drownings. in florida it was nearly an everyday thing. often 2 at a time! i've lost count, used to keep track.
it doesn't seem to matter that there are laws and ordinances to make pools safe. can't do it. kids can get in anything. it's up to parents to make them drown-proof as possible! early in life.
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New Jersy.com
UNION — Two siblings — ages 3 and 5 — died tonight after they wandered away from their home and drowned in a neighbor's pool as their mother was sleeping, authorities said.

Township Police Director Dan Zieser said the mother, who was not identified, fell asleep in her home on Amherst Avenue sometime after 3 p.m. When she awoke at about 6:45 p.m., her sons, Kendell and Kenley Francois, were missing.

The mother called police and when officers arrived, they searched the home but could not find the boys, Zieser said.

The officers — Keith Brochu and Rob Donnelly — continued searching outside and when they looked over a 4-foot fence into a neighbor’s backyard on Parkside Drive, they spotted 3-year-old Kendell and 5-year-old Kenley at the bottom of an in-ground pool, he said.

Two officers jumped into the pool, pulled the children out from the deep end and began resuscitation attempts. The children were taken to Overlook Medical Center in Summit, where they were pronounced dead at 8:17 p.m, Zieser said.

In a late evening press conference on Parkside Drive, Union County Prosecutor Theodore Romankow said foul play is not suspected but that a standard investigation is under way.