Teenage boy sucked into pool pump

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Originally Posted by Geraint

We all know that the grill shouldn't have been able to be opened that easily but, come on, anyone with the slightest common sense would know not to even attempt to try and lift one. Apparently, the lifeguards thought it was locked.

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If there's no immediate sign of danger then naturally you won't realise or care. He probably didn't even know it was for a pump, just a grill that could be lifted up. It clearly wasn't pumping that hard if he managed to lift off the grill... It's not about common sense, especially when there was nothing to sense danger to begin with, judging by the BBC video, it didn't even look like it was covering anything in particular, so to a young teenager, he wouldn't know what it was for.

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His brother raised the alarm and his father jumped in to try to find him, but his body was found 30 minutes later in the pool's engine room.

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That bit scares me.
So sad, hope the family are coping alright.
R.I.P

Ooh what a way to go, RIP.
When you see the grill on the video it doesn't look as if his goggles would be able to fit through anyway.

terrible way to go

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Originally Posted by Myke

That's really quite scary...
But, to be fair, he shouldn't of lifted the grill :S
When I was younger, I used to think there was sharks in the grills so I wouldn't go anywhere near them :$ and I thought that there was a secret button somewhere to let some stingrays into the pool :S

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when i was younger i actually thought the exact same thing lmaoo

This has made me more weary about the way i go about my stuff in swimming pools

how ******ed can this guy get, seriously?

Jesus, has to be one of the top 10 ways to die ;S

=O Scary for the boy and also scary for the guys in the engine room
=S
RIP x

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Originally Posted by e5

That's awful. What a horrible way to die :(

He should have used common sense and felt the rush of the water going down to not lift the grate. Is risking your life to get your goggles back really worth it? Not that he knew he was going to die :l. The grate should have been bolted on.

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wow, just said what I was going to.

he shouldn't of lifted it, but no way should you even be able to lift it.

What an end to a holiday. R.I.P.