The three people who sadly drowned on Christmas eve

Something odd there for me.

They did a quick investigation and reopened the pool within a couple of days saying there was nothing wrong and the family simply didn't know how to swim.

But the police spokesman quoted the hotel employee who jumped in attempting to reach them (the rescuer could swim) as describing the water as being Extremely difficult to get out of and said the conditions in the pool were "like swimming in a wild river". The young girls hat was also found sucked into the pool pump and had to be retrieved by police divers. The mother of the family, who was there at the time, said that all three members could swim but we're we're somehow stuck struggling to surface in the pool.

Faulty pool pump that was pulling people under?

 

Thinking same, why would they be in pool if they cant swim?

 

Most pool pumps will run off a 2ins pipe system which couldn't cause that type of flow issue, obviously I dont know what system was used but I would have thought the pool would have to be on Metrodome scale to have such an effect.

 

We stayed there october 2018 but didn't use that particular pool. It's hard to imagine any system for a pool that size to be powerful enough to produce the effects described by the employee, but in the absence of any contrary evidence you have to take his word for it.

 

The bit I read said the employee was finding it difficult because he was bringing the people with him too, not due to problems with the pool.

An awful thing to happen.

 

Awful tragedy to happen to the family

 

Awful tragedy. But I still can’t understand how a grown man could drown in a pool. Usually such pools are at most 7-8ft deep. A good push off the bottom should be sufficient to breath. (How I learnt to swim at Royston baths). That coupled with the rubber ring around the edge of the pool should have been sufficient. They usually have a pole as well. Something doesn’t quite fit right in this.

 

A resident said the pool was quite shallow. He also said that other residents weren’t informed and that all other pools were kept open despite not knowing what had happened. Think reports said there are 21 pools or something?

Shows how far behind other countries still are in terms of H&S, even in the EU. If that had happened in the U.K., all pools would have been closed until a full investigation had been carried out. I’d also imagine it would have been drained and dry-checked too.

The mother who witnessed it says she saw it all unfolding and that all involved could swim. Seems a bit strange indeed.

 

I once got told a child I was looking after could swim. The wave machine was turned on and luckily another quick thinking adult grabbed them when they went under because they couldn't swim that well!

 

100% correct. An absolute scandal to reopen the pool. My heart goes out to family and friends. A tragedy in the extreme. 2 lives lost trying to save their Daughter and sister. Heartbreaking.

 

Panic and the drowning reflex. People who get out of their depth, aren't comfortable and can't tread water won't think or act rationally. Also someone who is drowning will literally try and climb over you to save themselves, meaning that saving someone who is drowning can be difficult for even a strong swimmer. I think it's entirely realistic that if one child got into difficulty then 2 further family members could drown trying to save them, even if they were able (but weak) swimmers. I think this is more likely to be the case than a faulty pool pump, which I highly doubt would be able to exert the kind of force necessary to have a material effect.

 

What a terrible thing to happen. The wife of the deceased is insisting that there was something
wrong with the pool, but the owners of the complex are denying her theory.


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