Daffodil Lane

This kid did a wonderful thing...but I wonder about the adults standing around...

"As somebody called 911, adults hurried to the pool area, but the water was so filthy, so filled with debris, that they couldn't see Donnie. Another maintenance man, Andre Mitchell, said he poked the water with a long aluminum pole used to clean pools but turned up nothing.
By the time the paramedics found Donnie, he had been under water anywhere from five to 20 minutes, Baldermann said."

Stood around and poked at the water??? For up to 20 min?? And no one jumped in? I have a year old son and if he fell in I would have been in that pool in a heartbeat. Sounds like they would rather let a child drown then get dirty!

Yes, stood around. They didn't want to "get involved" and their inaction cost this child and his family more grief than anyone should suffer. Their inaction and total disregard for human life has torn the family apart and made them unable to even go home, thanks to the media circus.
No, wait, I thought of some who deserve to have this come back at them threefold: All of those adults standing around! May they know in this lifetime the grief that they caused, and may it destroy them. Standing around! Can you imagine that, while they and the 4 year old brother watched him drown???!!! I have a big problem with this.
A 6 year old has more common sense and guts than any of them.

You both are right. I should have pointed that out in my initial post. The adults were negligent to say the least. If it was Alexis I would have jumped into that water no matter what was in it. I don't understand people who have children and don't take responsibility for them. My neighbors are a key illustration of this point. If you haven't been to the site before this post (http://www.daffodillane.com/mt-archives/000029.html) along with countless others show how they treat their kids. It's really sad. Kids need our love and protection and a lot of parents only think of themselves.