‘NOT ON MY WATCH’

Drowning injuries and fatalities are so commonplace that the stories could fill up whole newspapers.

The CDC estimates that about 10 people die from drowning in the U.S. every day. Children ages 1 through 4 have the highest drowning rates and most of those drownings happen in home swimming pools. Drowning events are real, tragic, frequently preventable,and much more than just statistics.

There are measures that service technicians can take to promote drowning awareness.

Speak to parents about removing toys and other temptations from the pool area. Encourage parents to learn about the layers of protection:pool covers, gates and alarms. Remind parents there is no substitution for total supervision around the pool area.

Service professionals are in peoples’ backyards every day, and in a unique position to point out danger areas, but may not do so unless the drowning problem is brought home to them.

To that end, the following is a description of just some of the drowning incidents that have recently occurred.

Riverside, California, July 6 —

5-year-old Ivan Sanchez drowned while attending a pool party.

New Orleans, Louisiana, July 8 —

1-year-old Clolesa Williamson died after she was found in a swimming pool.

Arab, Alabama, July 8 —

2-year-old Violet Mae Satterfield died a week after drowning in her home swimming pool while celebrating her birthday.

Fresno, California, July 8 —

13-year-old Hannah Gonzalez Saltos, died 5 days after drowning in a home pool. Her 14-year-old sister died of drowning in the same incident.

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, July 9 —

2-year-old Lylah Dillon died of drowning in a lazy river swimming pool.

Bakersfield, California, July 10 —

2-year-old Kairo Jones died of drowning in a swimming pool.

Pasco County, Florida, July 10 —

A 1 1/ 2– year- old child was pronounced deceased after he was found unresponsive in the swimming pool when he got out of the home undetected while the mother was doing laundry.

At the time of the incident, there was an open investigation concerning the older half-siblings.

Buchanan County, Montana, July 11 —

A 4-year-old boy died a week after drowning in a home pool on the fourth of July.

San Antonio, Texas, July 11 —

2-year-old Amari Jobe was pronounced dead after he was found floating in an apartment complex pool.

Police officers found the boy after he had been reported missing.

North Haven, New York, July 11 —

A 2-year-old boy died 2 days after being pulled from a home swimming pool.

Sutton, Massachusetts, July 12 —

A 4-year-old autistic girl drowned in a neighbor’s pool.

She was found by police during an extensive neighborhood search after being reported missing.

Bloomington, Indiana, July 13 —

A 5-year-old boy died after he was found unresponsive in a swimming pool.

Bakersfield, California, July 13 —

5-year-old J Luca Macias died at the hospital after drowning in a home swimming pool.

Battleboro, Vermont, July 14 —

A 3-year-old child died after being found unconscious in a pool.

Bagley, Minnesota, July 14 —

2-year-old Johnny Leavell was found unresponsive by his parents in a home swimming pool. He died 5 days later.

Atlanta, Georgia, July 14 —

9-year-old Ganiyyu Abubaka died 3 days after he was found at the bottom of an apartment complex pool. Witnesses say he fell in and they did not jump in to pull him out because they couldn’t swim.

Chandler, Arizona, July 17 —

A 3-year-old child died after being found in a home swimming pool.

Orlando, Florida, July 19 —

A missing 3-year-old with autism was discovered deceased in a resort swimming pool.

Long Island, N.Y., July 20 —

7-year-old Kyrie Berry was pulled unresponsive from a swimming pool and pronounced dead at the hospital. His family had been having a barbeque.

Lee County, Florida, July 21 —

A 2-year-old child was pronounced deceased after he was found unresponsive in the grandparent’s swimming pool when he got out of the home undetected. The incident occurred while the mother and child were visiting from out of state.

Osceola County, Fl, July 21 —

A11/ 2– year-oldchildwaspronounced deceased 5 days after he was found unresponsive in the pool where he and other family members had been swimming. The incident occurred at an Airbnb where the family was vacationing from another state.

Atlanta, Georgia, July 21 —

5-year-old Layla Gigger drowned at a friend’s pool party 10 minutes after her mother dropped her off in the care of another mother.

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, July 23 —

11-year-old Serenity Evans died 3 days after she was pulled from a resort pool.

Augusta, Georgia, July 23 —

2-year-old Kenzo Burt drowned in a swimming pool.

North Providence, Rhode Island, July 23 —

A 4-year-old boy died in his home’s swimming pool.

Polk County, Florida, July 24 —

A 1 1/ 2– year- old child was pronounced deceased after he was found unresponsive in the swimming pool when he got out of the home undetected while the mother was taking a shower.

Katy, Texas, July 27 —

A toddler drowned after getting through an opening in the fence and accessing his neighbor’s pool during a family gathering at his own home.

Sedona, Arizona, July 27 —

A 1-year-old died after being found in a home pool. The father noticed the door to the backyard was opened and found the baby in the pool, which didn’t have a fence around it.

Scottsdale, Arizona, July 30 —

A 3-year-old drowned in a pool at an Airbnb property with no fence around it. Multiple children were home at the time.