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Family found dead in their own pool didn't know how to swim, officials say
Posted on 6/26/20 at 3:27 pm
Posted on 6/26/20 at 3:27 pm
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The three family members in New Jersey found dead in their backyard pool apparently did not know how to swim, officials said Wednesday.
Bharat Patel, 62, his daughter-in-law Nisha Patel, 33, and her 8-year-old daughter seemed to have accidentally drowned, the Middlesex County acting prosecutor, Christopher Kuberiet said.
Originally, there had been speculation that electricity had played a part in their deaths, but that does not appear to be the case, he said.
The young girl stepped into a 6- or 7-foot part of the pool, NBC New York reported, and an aunt called for help. The grandfather, Bharat, then jumped in to help her but didn’t know how to swim, a source told NBC New York. Nisha Patel jumped in afterward but wasn’t able to swim either and drowned.
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Posted on 6/26/20 at 3:28 pm to ItalianIceMaker
Posted on 6/26/20 at 3:28 pm to ItalianIceMaker
Hmmmmmm
This post was edited on 6/26/20 at 3:30 pm
Posted on 6/26/20 at 3:29 pm to ItalianIceMaker
What a tragedy. Have never been able to understand how someone reaches adulthood not knowing how to swim.
Posted on 6/26/20 at 3:29 pm to ItalianIceMaker
Da fuq?
Darwin gonna Darwin, I guess.
Darwin gonna Darwin, I guess.
Posted on 6/26/20 at 3:29 pm to SloaneRanger
This is really sad...….
Posted on 6/26/20 at 3:29 pm to ItalianIceMaker
Posted on 6/26/20 at 3:30 pm to ItalianIceMaker
Damn how smart do you have to be to have a 7ft pool in your back yard with an 8 yr old when no one in the household knows how to swim.....mensa members!
Posted on 6/26/20 at 3:30 pm to ItalianIceMaker
How the frick can you not know how to swim? If you can't figure out how to get yourself out of the water I don't know what to tell you.
Posted on 6/26/20 at 3:31 pm to ItalianIceMaker
They should have been wearing floaties. Pools are probably not a great idea for those who can't swim.
Posted on 6/26/20 at 3:31 pm to ItalianIceMaker
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Middlesex County
Posted on 6/26/20 at 3:31 pm to LSU316
The frick? In a 6-7 foot deep pool, an adult's head would never be more than a foot or so under the water. You could just continually bounce off the bottom to get above the surface.
And hold your breath and drag the drowning kid to the shallow end essentially walking on the bottom.
And hold your breath and drag the drowning kid to the shallow end essentially walking on the bottom.
Posted on 6/26/20 at 3:35 pm to Chucktown_Badger
It’s actually easier to believe that they were all drowned
Triple homicide
Triple homicide
Posted on 6/26/20 at 3:38 pm to ItalianIceMaker
Posted on 6/26/20 at 3:38 pm to ItalianIceMaker
Posted on 6/26/20 at 3:40 pm to SloaneRanger
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What a tragedy. Have never been able to understand how someone reaches adulthood not knowing how to swim.
Racists will tell you it's because of underprivilegedesness but the facts are that it's due to a deficiency in the survival instinct
I lived in an apt complex a number of years back where a couple drowned in the community pool which was 6 feet deep both were Bangladeshi. It was astounding
This post was edited on 6/26/20 at 3:43 pm
Posted on 6/26/20 at 3:54 pm to Chucktown_Badger
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In a 6-7 foot deep pool, an adult's head would never be more than a foot or so under the water. You could just continually bounce off the bottom to get above the surface.
I understand your point....but understand these people that don't know how to swim probably hardly ever go into a pool and certainly don' go into water that will almost certainly be over their head. I think they just don't understand what to do....and it is hard to figure it out when you are under duress.
It's just not smart to not have anyone that knows how to swim in your family and have a fairly deep pool in your yard.
This post was edited on 6/26/20 at 3:55 pm
Posted on 6/26/20 at 3:58 pm to ItalianIceMaker
As a pool owner I find this story to be incredible. Even if you don't know how to swim, you should always have a throwable float and a hook. What pool owner would possibly take this kind of ridiculous risk?
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