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re: Mom arrested after 3 kids drown while she is distracted by cellphone
Posted on 7/13/15 at 11:47 am to Croacka
Posted on 7/13/15 at 11:47 am to Croacka
Important details in the article for those glancing over the thread. Mom knew kids couldn't swim or swim well.
quote:Water also possible not clear.
Allen originally told police that neither she nor her children can swim, but in a later television interview said her kids had been swimming before. She then told police that her children could only float on their backs and tread water.
quote:That won't go well for whoever owns the apt complex
Rescue personnel had trouble finding one of the children because the water was cloudy.
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Posted on 7/13/15 at 11:48 am to Croacka
What ever happened to the woman that intentionally drove her van with kids in it into the water?
Posted on 7/13/15 at 11:49 am to Croacka
Almost unbelievable that all 3 drowned at the same time. I could understand it if they were in an ocean. What a sad situation. She had to have been high or drunk to be that completely unaware that 3 of her kids were drowning.
Posted on 7/13/15 at 11:49 am to dagrippa
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Dollars to donuts she sues the complex.
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Last Friday while the family held a small vigil for the three children, questions about what led to the tragedy continued to be raised, namely should the pool have been open at all. The apartment complex, the MacArthur Place at 183 has boasted about two “shimmering swimming pools,” but city records show a history of problems, including poor visibility. Inspection records from the city of Irving for the last five years show both pools received repeat notice that drains were not visible, life poles needed to be replaced and gates did not latch.
Sadly you may be right.
Posted on 7/13/15 at 11:49 am to arcalades
The complex will get some blame but the cloudy water in no way absolves the mother of any blame at all
Posted on 7/13/15 at 11:49 am to dagrippa
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Dollars to donuts she sues the complex.
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"Patricia Allen is far from a criminal. She is a loving, caring and one of the sweetest people I've met for the first time. And she's a grieving mother," said family spokesperson Anthony Bond.
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IRVING, TX
Irving community activist Anthony Bond is suing Mayor Beth Van Duyne for defamation after she called him a “whore” in The Dallas Morning News last week.
Wonder if this is the same guy, and if he knows the family or manage to swoop in on this quickly somehow.
This post was edited on 7/13/15 at 11:51 am
Posted on 7/13/15 at 11:50 am to SEClint
The article says the kids could swim well enough to be in the pool.
My guess is that one of them started struggling and the other two tried to rescue him/her but they weren't strong enough swimmers to save a panicking drowning person and all three of them drowned.
It is not super uncommon for the rescuer to be dragged down by the peraon in distress.
My guess is that one of them started struggling and the other two tried to rescue him/her but they weren't strong enough swimmers to save a panicking drowning person and all three of them drowned.
It is not super uncommon for the rescuer to be dragged down by the peraon in distress.
Posted on 7/13/15 at 11:50 am to rondo
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how dirty was this pool?
That's kinda what I was thinking.
Posted on 7/13/15 at 11:51 am to knight_ryder
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What ever happened to the woman that intentionally drove her van with kids in it into the water?
She ended up marrying a super rich guy and having three more kids.
Posted on 7/13/15 at 11:51 am to Croacka
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Last Friday while the family held a small vigil for the three children, questions about what led to the tragedy continued to be raised, namely should the pool have been open at all.
The apartment complex, the MacArthur Place at 183 has boasted about two “shimmering swimming pools,” but city records show a history of problems, including poor visibility.
Inspection records from the city of Irving for the last five years show both pools received repeat notice that drains were not visible, life poles needed to be replaced and gates did not latch.
This POS or her family will end up suing and getting rich off of the deaths of her children.
Posted on 7/13/15 at 11:53 am to Displaced
I know, it just seems as if one would have went for help if that was the case.
Posted on 7/13/15 at 11:54 am to Croacka
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The complex will get some blame but the cloudy water in no way absolves the mother of any blame at all
Get the frick out of here with what should happen. I'm quite sure a flag had something to do with it though.
Posted on 7/13/15 at 11:55 am to SEClint
What idiot would let her kids go into a pool in that condition?
Posted on 7/13/15 at 11:55 am to High C
She'll have to do some jail time before she spends it.
Posted on 7/13/15 at 11:55 am to Croacka
I'm more surprised by how old they were. How do you not know how to swim just well enough to avoid death at the 9-11 age range? Must have all fallen into the deep end or something?
Posted on 7/13/15 at 11:56 am to High C
So she was right there by the pool when this happened? Did she have ear buds in or did these kids just not make a sound as they struggled to stay alive?
Posted on 7/13/15 at 11:58 am to rondo
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how dirty was this pool?
On a semi related note, a family member of my GF is with the fire dept. in a major US city. Said one time when they were called for a dead body at a urban area community pool that had apparently been there for a day or more. As they were in the process of investigating and pulling the body out, a mother there with her several kids asked how soon they'd be done and if her kids would have time to swim.
Posted on 7/13/15 at 11:59 am to Croacka
fricking cockroach has more sense than this bitch.
Posted on 7/13/15 at 11:59 am to BuckeyeFan87
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How do you not know how to swim just well enough to avoid death at the 9-11 age range?
Well you aren't a racist or amazingly aren't aware of the stereotype.
It's a terrible situation but the blame will be on the complex. The "community activist" spokesperson likely won't be much of a personal responsibility advocate.
Posted on 7/13/15 at 12:00 pm to Croacka
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10-year-old August Smith, 9-year-old Treshawn Smith and 11-year-old Anthony Smith.
Very sad. I was expecting much younger kids. This is why stereotypes exist.
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