Update on last week's pool drowning: lifeguards were told about woman not resurfacing, chose not to - Polidicks

[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;30880604]I don't remember, I think they were just jerks who took it a step too far.[/QUOTE] Another example of human stupidity then. I'm glad your sister made it, it could have been much worse, considering the guy who started it got convicted. What did he get anyway?

[QUOTE=cecilbdemodded;30879937]You missed my point, not the first time someone has. If the pool was clear, as it should have been, the people(everyone, not just the lifeguards) would have seen her down there. Who ever has the final say "Yeah, people can swim here today" or "No, the pool is closed" is the negligent party here. That pool should have been closed. It is impossible to do your job as a lifeguard if you can't see under the water. Of course it could turn out that one of the lifeguards is the one who decides if the pool is open or not, if so that lifeguard should be in big trouble.[/QUOTE] That doesn't prevent the lifeguard going to check though, does it? I thought the reason you had multiple lifeguards at a pool was so if one had to go into the pool or something similiar, the other lifeguards are still watching over the pool.

I think it's necessary for people to see just how murky this pool is: [IMG]http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/i9C9hacgRFR6MJ60d2zs0Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Y2g9MjAwMDtjcj0xO2N3PTE1MDI7ZHg9MDtkeT0wO2ZpPXVsY3JvcDtoPTI1MztxPTg1O3c9MTkw/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/dcdd177b9490a30ef10e6a706700123e.jpg[/IMG] Yeah, that's an accident waiting to happen.

[QUOTE=Canuhearmenow;30881581]I think it's necessary for people to see just how murky this pool is: [IMG]http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/i9C9hacgRFR6MJ60d2zs0Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Y2g9MjAwMDtjcj0xO2N3PTE1MDI7ZHg9MDtkeT0wO2ZpPXVsY3JvcDtoPTI1MztxPTg1O3c9MTkw/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/dcdd177b9490a30ef10e6a706700123e.jpg[/IMG] Yeah, that's an accident waiting to happen.[/QUOTE] The last place I saw water that murky was the Mississipi river. [img]http://schools-wikipedia.org/images/878/87807.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=Psychokitten;30880686]Another example of human stupidity then. I'm glad your sister made it, it could have been much worse, considering the guy who started it got convicted. What did he get anyway?[/QUOTE] He was sent to juvenile hall for awhile. I remember my mom making a minor deal about it when he was released, but he never did anything more to us since.

[QUOTE=Canuhearmenow;30881581]I think it's necessary for people to see just how murky this pool is: [IMG]http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/i9C9hacgRFR6MJ60d2zs0Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Y2g9MjAwMDtjcj0xO2N3PTE1MDI7ZHg9MDtkeT0wO2ZpPXVsY3JvcDtoPTI1MztxPTg1O3c9MTkw/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/dcdd177b9490a30ef10e6a706700123e.jpg[/IMG] Yeah, that's an accident waiting to happen.[/QUOTE] That's ridiculously cloudy for 12 feet deep. If I were one of those lifeguards I would have been on edge and investigating any claims if it was that murked up.

[QUOTE=Parakon;30882449]That's ridiculously cloudy for 12 feet deep. If I were one of those lifeguards I would have been on edge and investigating any claims if it was that murked up.[/QUOTE] Something makes me doubt the Lifeguards on duty had any proffessional training.

The only way to investigate a possible drowning in a large pool like that is to close the pool, get everyone out. A lifeguard, by his or herself, isn't going to accomplish anything with a crowd of people in that water. I think it's safe to say that the people in charge simply did not want to close the pool no matter what.

I am a lifeguard. This shit would never slide in our pool.

[QUOTE=OrionChronicles;30892837]I am a lifeguard. This shit would never slide in our pool.[/QUOTE] Nor ours.

That's fucked up.