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Drowning can happen at anytime and in a matter of seconds. The following real instances illustrate how easy it is for a drowning to occur, even when adults are present.

Seventeen-month-old female found floating in her own residential swimming pool.
Mother thought she had gone into the bedroom where baby-sitter and younger sibling were playing. Victim exited dwelling through a sliding screen door.


Three-year-old male found in relative's residential swimming pool with two-year old sister.
Aunt and Uncle thought children were in the den with their mother, mother had fallen asleep, after a long night without sleep. Victims exited dwelling through a sliding screen door.


Twenty-one-month-old female found in family's residential spa with twin brother.
Parents thought children were with baby-sitter downstairs, while they dressed to go out for the evening. Victims exited dwelling through a sliding screen door.


Eighteen-month-old male found in bathtub-shower combination with his face down over the drain.
He had been playing with his three-year-old sibling with the shower on. Parent had left the bathroom, and returned when three-year-old reported that his brother "wont get up."


Twelve-month-old male found in friend's residential swimming pool.
Mother fell asleep on the couch with child sitting next to her. Child exited dwelling through a doggy door with a three-year-old sibling. The three-year-old was uninjured.


Thirty-one-month-old male found in a neighbor's residential swimming pool.
Child was playing in his own yard with older siblings and other neighborhood children. Mother was inside her home near an outside window. The child gained access to the neighbor's pool through a side gate that was not latched.


Four-year-old-male found in apartment swimming pool.
Within feet of father who was also in the pool, distracted by a seven-year-old sibling. The four-year-old was last seen in a flotation device, a few feet from father. There were many people present in the pool and the pool area at the time of the incident.


Thirty-two-month-old female found in own residential swimming pool.
Mother thought she had gone into the bedroom where baby-sitter and younger sibling were playing. Victim exited dwelling through a sliding screen door.


Seventeen-month-old female found floating in her own residential swimming pool.
Parent observed child wander into garage where grandfather was working. Grandfather reportedly never saw the child. Child exited dwelling through an open garage door.


Three-year-old male found in residential swimming pool.
Parent left victim strapped in a child seat while she took infant into the house for a diaper.


Two-year-old female found in grandparents' residential swimming pool while visiting.
Child was last seen with "water wings" on arms. Mother went into house for a glass of iced tea, leaving victim in the yard with two older (11 and 8) siblings. "Water wings" were floating in pool deflated. Older children did not hear or see child enter the water.


Fourteen-month-old female found in blow-up wading pool.
Parents were in the house with their four children and noticed one had slipped away. Victim exited the house through a screen door.


Seventeen-month-old male found in own residential swimming pool.
Mother and grandmother were inside home. Child was last seen alive playing indoors. Child exited dwelling through sliding screen door.


Thirty-month-old male found in the backyard jacuzzi.
Family had just moved into home one week prior. Fencing material and gate had been delivered, but no installed yet. Mother last saw child pedaling a ride-on car; she took seven-month old into home to change his diaper and was distracted by the phone ringing.


Twenty-month-old female found in a residential swimming pool at the babysitters.
The gate to the pool had been propped open while repairs were being done. The child was last seen watching a video with other children. She exited the home through a sliding screen door.


Twenty-six-month-old male found in a residential swimming pool owned by his grandparents, where he was residing.
A fence had been installed five years previously after a drowning of a two-year-old in the same pool. The gate did not have a self-closing and self-locking latch. The parents were not in the country at the time the incident occurred. The grandparents had left an 11-year-old in charge of three to four small children in their absence. The toddler was last seen playing indoors with other children. He apparently exited from the dwelling to the pool area through a sliding glass/screen door.

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