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Frosty 4
First Class Passenger
Member # 5826

posted 10-14-2013 05:03 PM

http://news.msn.com/us/florida-boy-6-drowns-in-pool-on-cruise-carnival-says

Where were the parents? Would you leave your 6 yr old alone in the pool?

Sad.

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Linerrich
First Class Passenger
Member # 4864

posted 10-15-2013 08:05 AM

Actually, the parents WERE there, right alongside, with hundreds of other people. The boy jumped into the pool, went down to the bottom and didn't come up. Almost immediately people went down to bring him up and worked to resuscitate him, but it was too late. A very sad situation, but all of the authorities cleared anyone from any wrong-doing; it was a tragic accident, which even a posted "life-guard" may not have been able to prevent.

Rich

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 11-02-2013 06:42 AM

I see from comments that lifeguards have appeared on DCL since around the end of September, but seems to stem from the near drowning of a 4yr old back in April. Adverts for lifeguards [with loads of other duties too] for DCL can be seen online going back to at least May.

In such cases as the tragic accident above I doubt if a lifeguard would have made any difference. Drownings are rare. I can only find 3 online and one of those on HAL occurred when the pool was closed.

On ships with waterslides/flumes etc there are staff in attendance, do they keep an eye on the other water attractions too? Are they qualified lifeguards? Do all entertainment crew have basic first aid training? I don't know, but I don't personally see any need for lifeguards on pool duties on a ship.

However competent a swimmer, at any age, an accident can happen. At age 6 a child can be more competent a swimmer than many adults - I was.

Pam

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