Swimming Pool Chemicals
It’s the scene you hope to see at a pool. Diving, splashing, shooting out a tube, a life guard on the scene and on the lookout.
“We try to tell each other, ‘Hey we got a little kid in here watch for ’em,’ you know,” said lifeguard Caleb Voth.
Unfortunately, there will be another scene that plays out, most often at the pool of a private residence.
“She was blue and wasn’t breathing, didn’t have a pulse,” said Amy Steelman.
Last summer, 3 year-old Hannah, gave her parents the fright of their lives when she was found floating face down in grandma’s pool.
“And I heard my aunt screaming,” said Amy.
She had slipped out of sight quicker than she slips down the face of her blue hippo slide.
“Hey Hannah, can you come here for a minute?”
CPR brought her back from the brink, as family members called 9-1-1.
“And then, what did we get to ride in? A Dora jeep. A Dora jeep!”
Ok for the sake of this story we’ll refer to ambulances as “Dora jeeps,” with the understanding that Hannah is very clear about what those things that keep you floating in the big pool are called.
“What do we wear to be safe? Jacket!! Jackets, our life jackets right!”
Swimming lessons start next month, practice is under way for the 2024 Summer Olympic Hippo Sliding Event, and everyone has learned a lesson.
“And we never go to the pool without mommy or daddy. No, that’s right.”
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