Girl Seriously Injured in Swimming Pool Mishap as Drain Pump

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,288182,00.html

Girl Seriously Injured in Swimming Pool Mishap as Drain Pump Sucks Out Her Intestines

MINNEAPOLIS — A six-year-old girl has been hospitalized after a horrifying accident at a swimming pool, when she sat on an open drain and a powerful suction pump tore out part of her intestinal tract. A surgeon told the family Wednesday that part of her intestines had been lost.

Abigail Taylor was severely injured Tuesday when she sat over an open drain hole in a wading pool at the Minneapolis Golf Club, according to a posting by her family on the Caring Bridge Web site.

The posting, which has since been taken down, said it is a "medical miracle" that Taylor is still alive.

Taylor is listed in serious condition at Children's Hospital in Minneapolis. Bob Bennett, an attorney representing the family, told the St. Paul Pioneer Press she was conscious and able to speak late Tuesday but that she faces a series of surgeries with uncertain results.

Bennett alleged that the swimming pool's drain hole was improperly uncovered. An official at the golf club expressed sympathy for the family and said he didn't think anything was wrong with the pool, but referred questions to the club's attorney, who declined to comment.

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update :

MINNEAPOLIS -- A 6-year-old girl who sat on an open drain in a wading pool lost part of her intestinal tract to the drain's powerful suction, her family said.

Abigail Taylor was injured in the wading pool on June 29, according to her family.

Her father, Scott Taylor, said the suction caused a 2-inch tear in Abigail's rectum and pulled out much of her small intestine. Doctors had to remove the part of her intestines that remained, according to the family's lawyer, Bob Bennett.

Abigail remained in intensive care at Children's Hospital on Thursday and appeared to be improving, Bennett said.

She was to undergo surgery on Friday, Bennett said. ``She'll receive her nutrition through a port for the rest of her life,'' he said.

Bennett said the swimming pool's drain hole was improperly uncovered. However, the general manager of the club where the pool is located said he didn't think anything was wrong with the pool. He referred questions to the attorney for the club's insurance company, who declined to comment.

Several states have passed pool-safety laws after children drowned or were disemboweled by drain suction. North Carolina, for instance, requires pools to have dual drains to diffuse the force of the suction and prevent children from being trapped.

[Charles Woodson]

That is so sad.

Man, that must have hurt so bad.
I love how the manager said he didnt think there was something wrong with it,

[Tarlam!]

Several states have passed pool-safety laws after children drowned or were disemboweled by drain suction.

You mean, this has happened in the past????? I don't believe it!

This is one of the most sickening, heart wrenching episodes I have ever heard of, and it wasn't even the one and only time it occured?????

I am appalled.

My prayers go out to Abigail Taylor, the 6 year old that had her intensines ripped through her rectum. I cannot begin to imagine her pain, or her life from now on "receiv(ing) her nutrition through a port for the rest of her life".

I am devastated about this. This should have been avoided.

[Kiwon]

You hear stories like this every summer. I'm surprised parents don't do a better job of warning their kids about this. Just tell them what could happen and they should be way too scared to play around the drain.

Public facilities should have taken care of these problems years ago.

[the_idle_threat]

I've heard of this happening before. Very, very sad though.

[BallHawk]

Wow, sad story.

Didn't Chuck Palahniuk write a satirical piece on this?

[the_idle_threat]

Yes.



But if I link it here, this thread goes straight to the Garbage Can.

[HarveyWallbangers]

That's friggin' awful.

[Tyrone Bigguns]

Edwards made like 25 mill on a case like this. Last one he tried before moving into politics.