Havard Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Poor child!! How the hell do you end up in the river?? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7473109.stm I was keeping an eye on this story yesterday but it seems that it hasn't ended well........ Short of them being pushed into the river, I can't understand how a 10 month old baby goes into the river Thames?? H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom S Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 H, new off topic king Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukeyboy2k Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 According to radio reports I was listening to on the way to work this morning, the baby was in a pushchair and a gust of wind blew it into the river. Tragic either way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted June 26, 2008 Author Share Posted June 26, 2008 H, new off topic king I was being serious but I can go back to constant pi$$ taking at the drop of a hat!! H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted June 26, 2008 Author Share Posted June 26, 2008 According to radio reports I was listening to on the way to work this morning, the baby was in a pushchair and a gust of wind blew it into the river. Tragic either way. Where was the parent? Also push chairs have locks on the wheels....... My lad is 12 months last week and I am always on the look out for a potential disaster. This seems like it was avoidable then? Kids and water is never good! H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidermonkey Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 i have an 8 month old son and look at everything as dangerous as far as he is concerned, this is very tragic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom S Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 I was being serious but I can go back to constant pi$$ taking at the drop of a hat!! H. wasn't being critical H. Just posting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snooze Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Where was the parent? Also push chairs have locks on the wheels....... My lad is 12 months last week and I am always on the look out for a potential disaster. This seems like it was avoidable then? Kids and water is never good! H. Most accidents are "avoidable". You can't watch EVERYTHING, ALL of the time - especially when you have multiple children (the article states the mother and another child were there). It sounds like this was probably a one-in-a-million freak occurence - mother turns her back for a split second because older child plays up or something. But with a million kids in the country, a one-in-a-million occurrence is going to happen to someone..... ....bet that doesn't stop the mother blaming herself for the rest of her life, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRalphMan Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 That's tragic.. Hope it's not like when kids drown on the beach and the parents say "I only looked away for a minute". I'm pretty sure it takes more then a minute for a 1/2/3 year old to wonder off down to the sea and get in trouble.. What they meant to say was 'I just lay down and sun bathed for a while'. Then odds on they will blame someone else.. No life guards etc... Maybe that's a little harsh, but sometime these are sooo avoidable.. Like leaving your little children in an unlocked hotel room while you go out to dinner... Excuse the rage... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelfill Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 I'm sure I heard on the radio this morning that the mother had fainted, then the child ended up in the river Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidermonkey Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 I'm sure I heard on the radio this morning that the mother had fainted, then the child ended up in the river Mike oh poor mother, she will probably blame herself for the rest of her life, that is really tragic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Mother and 2 kids were feeding the ducks when the mum fainted and they all ended up in the river. Passers-by pulled them all out but it was too late for the little one. Although she was pronounced dead at the time, it turned out she was still alive when checked again at the hospital (very young kids almost go into hibernation in water). Unfortunately she was in a critical condition and didn't survive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kranz Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Absolutely awful. How can you ever guard against fainting?? There's just no way of preventing these things sometimes. Very sad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz1 Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 tragic:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juanchan Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Very sad story Fainting isn't a pleasant experience, but to lose a child through passing out must be horrendous. Absolutely awful. How can you ever guard against fainting?? There's just no way of preventing these things sometimes. I wish there was. I fainted in public last summer and split my eyelid open. I had about 3 seconds warning in which time I though "oh, I don't feel so goo...." SMACK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyT Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Mother and 2 kids were feeding the ducks when the mum fainted and they all ended up in the river. Passers-by pulled them all out but it was too late for the little one. Although she was pronounced dead at the time, it turned out she was still alive when checked again at the hospital (very young kids almost go into hibernation in water). Unfortunately she was in a critical condition and didn't survive. Tragic. Ivan has the points here though, kids vitals can get so low that you can't tell. Some timely and appropriate 1st aid could have saved the poor mite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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