What was the location of the pool drowning?
• 65 % were in a pool owned by the family. • 22 % were at a relative’s home. • 11 % happened at a neighbor’s home. • 77 % of the children were last seen 5 minutes or less before being missed and subsequently discovered in the pool. • 46 % were last seen in the house prior to being found in the pool. Of these, 15 % were thought to be sleeping. • 23 % were last seen in the yard, porch or patio, not in the pool area. That’s a total of 69 % that were thought not to be in the pool area. • 31 % were last seen in the pool area. What activity was the person responsible for supervision involved in at that time of the drowning? • 39 % were doing chores • 18 % were socializing • 9 % were busy on the telephone. The suddenness of this type of accident and the results it yields is devastating to anyone it touches. When you think pool, think hard core. Even if this is not your personality, you must be an absolute dictator. Let your children know without any doubts, that it is you’re way or no way at
