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Four year old boy drowns in swimming pool while his oblivious mother texts on her phone just metres
- Published_at:2017-01-05
- Category:People & Blogs
- Channel:moernst
- tags: Four year boy drown swimming pool oblivious mother text phone metres
- description: Four year old boy drowns in swimming pool while his oblivious mother texts on her phone just metres Woman has her back turned while son desperately fights to stay above water in footage that shows just why it's so important we keep an eye on children in pools A boy drowned in a swimming pool despite being just metres away from his mother who was busy texting on her phone . In footage of the tragedy the woman has her back turned while her son desperately fights to stay above the water in the background. She is completely oblivious to what is going on as she seemingly searches for the four-year-old after finishing with her phone. As the woman walks off she has no idea that her son is seconds from death and struggling for his life a short distance away.The tragedy at a pool in China can be seen in the background of a video captured by an unwitting bystander. It has been shared hundreds of times on Twitter by people raising awareness of the risks of leaving children unsupervised in water. One viewer commented: "When people drown, they don't make noise like we see in films/TV. It happens silently, without a sound. Please, tell your people. Loudly." Noman Zafar added: "Phones should not be allowed to parents/guardians accompanied by kids in the pool area. So they can stay focus on kids."Mirror Online is showing the footage to portray the gravity of the situation – the child is still alive at the time of the clip shown.The Child Accident Prevention Trust warns that babies and children can "drown silently" in as little as 5cm of water. It added: "In the last six years, 30 children under 10 have drowned in a hotel or villa pool abroad. "This usually happens when they wander away from their parents and fall into the pool." A TODDLER drowned in a swimming pool while his mother was sending a text just metres away with her back turned. Heartbreaking footage shows the four-year-old boy desperately fighting for his life before he died in the water. TEXTING WHILE LAD DIES Harrowing moment four-year-old boy drowns in swimming pool when his oblivious mother has her back turned while she’s busy texting Helpless four-year-old Chinese boy drowns in swimming pool while his mother plays on her phone just feet away Boy, 4, drowns when mother is too busy texting to notice he’s in trouble tag:Four, year,boy ,drown, swimming, pool , oblivious ,mother, text, phone , metres
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