For the third time in under 24 hours, a child was pulled from a swimming pool.
Sources tell YWN Catskills, that two children, a 22-month old and a 3-year-old, managed to “wiggle their way” through a pool gate, and entered the swimming pool in Cold-Spring Bungalows in Monticello. People heard the 3-year-old screaming, and jumped over the fence to help. The 22-month-old child was pulled from the bottom of the pool in cardiac arrest.
Catskills Hatzolah worked on the child for close to an hour, and managed to regain a pulse.
The child was flown via Lifenet 75 to Westchester Trauma Center in Valhalla, NY, where he is listed in critical condition. His name for Tehillim is Zev Aryeh ben Nechama.
On Friday, YWN Catskills reported about a 14-year-old Bochur who was pulled from a pool in Stolin Camp in Highland NY (Ulster County), and just minutes later a 8-year-old child was pulled from a swimming pool in Ichud Bungalow Colony in Monticello (Sullivan County).
UPDATE: The condition of the victim from Stolin camp is B”H stable. Read more at YWN Catskills.
(YWN Catskills Newsroom)
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8 Responses
Please daven for this child Zev Arieh ben Nechama, he needs rachmei shomayim!
WHERE ARE THE SAFETY PROCEDURES THAT SHOULD BE IN PLACE??? Why were these babies even able to get in? Why was there an opening large enough for a child to squeeze through? Who was supervising them?
Too many tragedies of young people.
We have to examine our ways, improve and strive for achdus and decency.
We also have to be more safety conscious.
Pray for those in need.
Jerry. SI 11
#2 very good question. I’ve been to these camps to enjoy the summers and the pool when I was younger. Many camps stress heavily that the pool be surrounded/hidden in such a way that it ensures tzniousness when women swim. Tznious is important, but ensuring that there are no gaps that children can sneak in and drown should take the #1 priority, first and foremost! No more drownings!
They should have inspectors checking pools at every colony and estate and for safety, and shut down ones that don’t comply with all safety regulations. Pool safety regulations should be enforced like building and fire regulations. When spending so much money on fancy summer homes and going to a bungallow fo the for childrens sake, why not think of your childs safety
Hire certified and approved LIFE GUARDS when swimming is allowed. When the pool is LOCKED it has to be secure and non reachable.
And maybe there were gates, but kids are children and find ways, even when everything looks like it was done properly. And to than say watch your children better we should always watch them the best we can.
i agree with londonbrid
a pool is by default a dangerous thing like a firearm