Teenage boy sucked into pool pump

[Moh]

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

My sister told me there was sharks behind the grids when I was younger

Tragic that, hope his family are coping ok.

Is it me or are there a lot of incidents like this that happen to british families every year? Hope something can be done to make swimming pools less hazardous so things like these dont happen.

Also in Lady in the Water does Paul Giamatti go into the pumping system?

Maybe adding bolts would prevent this from happening.

http://science.howstuffworks.com/wav....htm/printable

In that you can see how big the pipes are.

The thing I don't get... how did he get past the propellers?

[user130523]

omg

RIP

[Wahey]

After looking at that thing about the pipes, that makes the death even more horrible to me

[user130523]

@ Wahey - i agree ;[

[-Heart]

It's his own fault. Probably wasn't even trying to find his googles, just wanting to see what was there.

R.I.P anyways.

[Wahey]

It's his own fault. Probably wasn't even trying to find his googles, just wanting to see what was there.

R.I.P anyways.

Hardly his own fault tbh, yeah he shouldn't have really lifted up the grill, but it should have been bolted down, he would probably hardly have the knowledge how the pumping system works etc, this was all out of innocense.

[efq]

To be honest the grill thing shouldn't be openable by person at all.

[user130523]

^ i agree

[Fifteen]

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

Me too!

RIP, such a horrible terrifying way to go

edit:

Thai police are investigating how Nathan, who had been in the pool with his brother Rhys, 15, was able to lift the vent, which should have been locked.

The video is upsetting as well.

[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.