Florida beachgoers frantically tried to save two children who were buried after a sand hole they were digging collapsed. Although a 9-year-old boy was pulled out alive, his sister was killed. The New England Journal of Medicine found 52 cases over 10 years in which victims became completely submerged, leaving no evidence of the location of the victim. In the wake of the latest tragedy, safety experts say you should never dig a hole in the sand deeper than your knees.
To everyone saying “where were the parents” they were probably right next to them. But sadly didn’t think that it could collapse in a split second. It’s sad but it’s a true fact that plenty of parents let their kids dig big holes at the beach. Have seen it plenty of times.
i was taught this at an early age- specifically never climb sand mounds (especially at construction sites) because you could fall through and suffocate. never heard about digging too deep. we grew up playing at the beach in florida, but we never would have dug deeper than 1 1/2 feet. it takes a lot of patience to want to dig a hole that big. i’m surprised the children were that intent on creating this large pit. there’s more fun activities at the beach than digging
That’s a shame that such a young girl died while playing with her brother. They taught me during my EMT class that getting into a hole to treat a patient inside a hole deeper than a certain depth was something I shouldn’t do until there were experts on scene to verify it was safe to get in the hole. It didn’t make sense to me until they explained holes could collapse as easily as this.
Omg this brought me to tears immediately. My daughter is her age. In seconds her life was over. She was probably so scared and couldn’t breath. Omg I feel so bad for her parents. I can’t even imagine. Life is so unfair and so scary how it can just end in a min. When I see stories like this, I hug my daughter so tight. It’s a reminder that you just never know what’s going to happen.
My mom and uncle were walking on the beach and saw the massive hole about 15 minutes before the collapse, they stopped to watch them dig for a few inutes before leaving and said only adults were digging it at the time and no kids were with them. Absolutely horrible story and I hope the family and those involved in the tragedy can find some peace.
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