Below is an article from the Houston Chronicle about a student drowning in a school's swimming pool.
A 17-year-old high school senior died Thursday afternoon after being pulled from a high school swimming pool.
The student, along with eight to 10 others, were lingering in the natatorium after a physics experiment in the campus pool at Westside High School when a decision was made to jump back in the water, Houston ISD spokesman Terry Abbott said.
Several students jumped into the deep end at the same time, Abbott said.
The student was under water for an estimated three to four minutes before someone saw him at the bottom of the pool. He was pulled to the surface by the physics teacher and another student.
Artificial respiration was started shortly after 3 p.m. at the campus at 14201 Briar Forest near State Highway 6, officials said.
The student was taken to Memorial Hermann Memorial City Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 4:08 p.m., Abbott said.
Students had been told to stay away from the deep end by their teacher, Abbott said.
"It's a horrible accident," he said.
The incident was recorded on a school surveillance camera that is being reviewed by authorities. Counselors will be available to Westside students on Friday, Abbott said.
I am sorry for the young man's family. This is a tragedy. However, I see a lawsuit in the future, a teacher possibly losing his/her job a/long with their teaching credentials, an administrator who will possibly lose his/her job, and a school district who is going to have a LARGE monetary judgment against them.
State law REQUIRES that a trained first responder [IE: lifeguard, coach, or CPO (certified pool operator)] be on deck anytime a swimming pool is in use, that has no other duties than to watch the pool and the participants in the pool area.
What I want to know is why nobody noticed that the student was missing?
It seems to me that MANY people did not do their jobs and as a result, cost someone their life.
If it is the case that the students were playing around and jumped into the pool, it seems to me that perhaps the student himself is somewhat to blame for his own death
However, the law also states that the doors of the pool must be locked when there is no one there to monitor the pool and pool area.
Someone is going to pay BIG TIME. There is no doubt about that.
“It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.” - Josiah Charles Stamp
3 comments:
Good call on that one. If the teacher was tending his flock as he should, he probably could've prevented this. The young man was at fault, but sometimes teenagers do stupid things, although I'm sure neither of us ever did. Adults have to be adults sometimes. Sad case.
law and order teacher: This is a terrible accident, but someone (or many) were not doing their jobs. I will keep everyone posted on how this comes out.
If you don't know the facts, don't spread ideas of negligence. The truth is the project was finished and the students were told to stay out of the pool. They were also told to stay out if they could not swim, had given blood, and to stay out of the deep end at all times. There was a coach at the scene during the project. You are implying that precautions were not taken which is not the case. The issue here is with the student, that student knew he could not swim yet he still jumped into the pool. He made a choice and payed the ultimate price. Unfortunately the media does not tell all the facts, they want to make a sad story so they can get ratings.
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