Poor Little Fellow

[Geoffrey13]

Surely he should;d have been safe in a Holiday Park.

https://news.sky.com/story/boy-5-drowns-in-pool-at-cornwall-holiday-resort-12931912

[barry1010]

A tragedy but children that young should always be closely supervised in water, wherever it is. It is surprising how they can't be seen underwater by people poolside and in the water. A 14 year old British boy died in hotel pool last year where more lifeguards than legally required were on duty.

[jourdain2]

A friend of mine has just returned from a week's holiday with her grandson and his little friend (both 8 yrs., she's 70) she spent hours shivering in an open-air pool while they played, because they could only swim about 3 strokes 'doggy-paddle'. Sadly, children must be closely supervised in water.

[Geoffrey13]

Yes, I guess you're both correct, at that age attentive supervision at all times.

[barry1010]

I've just read an updated link and it suggests, but isn't clear, that at least one parent was in the pool with him.
I feel for the parents, a dreadful nightmare for them

[Zacs-Master]

Losing a child is possibly the worst thing that can happen to a parent but I can’t help but question why the father took his eyes off his child around the edge of a swimming pool. I know the reasoning is that he was preparing his daughter for her swimming lesson (or something similar) but I feel the whole responsibility has been handed to the David Lloyd business.

[calmck]

Read an article that said children should wear bright coloured swim clothes and not blue ones as they blend in with water and are not visible on the bottom of the pool.

[barry1010]

Zacs, is Atlantic Reach owned by the David Lloyd group? David Lloyd has just been fined a lot of money because of their negligence concerning the drowning of another little boy in 2018 but I don't think that company has anything to do the child in the OP

[barry1010]

I agree with that, calm. This shows how hard it is to spot anyone drowning in a busy pool https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/23209807/drowning-child-busy-swimming-pool-hero-lifeguard/

[Zacs-Master]

Apologies, wrong tragedy.

[Gromit]

Sad. The child was in the pool and supervised by his father, but somehow drowned. A tragic accident, and no one to blame.

[piggynose]

I don't suppose the dead child was wearing water wings?

[Barsel]

Has there been any mention of lifeguards?