Drowning in the channel?

[THOR]

Sunday evening/afternoon? My Mom and Dad saw some sheriffs doing CPR on a child in between the dog area and the marina in the swin area.
Any idea?
Hope everyone is okay.

[GHT]

That's terrible.... I hope someone can fill us in and I just hope the little'un made it...

[Jyruiz]

Damn that sucks, please keep the PFD's on the kids at all times, even if they are in shallow water. You never know when they are going to fall and hit there head and pass out.

[bunny 166]

Oh how sad! Hope everything is OK... :frown:

[98 Vector 21]

Not good....

[Procraftkev]

Very sad to hear, Hope the little one is ok. :cool:

[Biglue]

Aw man.......I hope the little one was OK.
Another sad reminder for us parents to keep those PFD's on the little kids out there.

[pixilatedpussy]

Keep us posted! How very very sad! Where the heck were the parents?? Drinkin & partyin & not paying attention? :mad:

[Intruder]

I heard the little girl was revived. It's scarry how fast bad things can happen.

[Phat Matt]

I saw the FD and ambulance heading over the bridge around 6pm. Maybe it's related.

[HocusPocus]

I heard the little girl was revived. It's scarry how fast bad things can happen.
i hope thats true she is alright.. and i agree that things can happen fast, especially with kids. keep your eyes on your kids all the time!

[voodoomedman]

PFD on or not I am always within a foot of my son. If he were to die you might as well just put me and my wife out of our misery. I don't understand some people.

[RVRGIRL]

We were at the channel at the park having a Birthday picnic. A short time after we left the party our friends saw the whole thing and went to help out. The Hispanic boy was only 13 years old. Our friend that is a nurse tried to save him without any luck. He had been snorkeling and got to much water in his lungs. They did cpr and all that they could do to save his life. This is all the information that I have as of now.

[slowinhavasu]

Sunday, 13 year old boy, didn't make it....was swimming with the family in the "swimming area" ...short time later he was under.....they worked on him all the way to ER....DOA.....
I never know what to say...watch your kids at all times....don't allow SCREAMING in a swimming area be it a pool or the lake...
A parents worst nightmare....RIP......

[Biglue]

Sunday, 13 year old boy, didn't make it....was swimming with the family in the "swimming area" ...short time later he was under.....they worked on him all the way to ER....DOA.....
I never know what to say...watch your kids at all times....don't allow SCREAMING in a swimming area be it a pool or the lake...
A parents worst nightmare....RIP......
Man. My heart goes out to the family.

[Kilrtoy]

That sucks and the family is in the worst place right now...
I see WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too many people , NOT WATCH THEIR KIDS.... Granted he was older

[dicudmore]

thats terrible :(

[YODA]

Not trying to be insensitive, but how hard is it to plop your butt in a beach chair facing the water and keep your focus on your kid?????? When my little one is with me, he doesnt leave my side for one second.

[DILLIGAF]

Teen Drowning Victim Identified
LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ - The Mohave County Sheriff's office has released the name of the teenager who drowned at Lake Havasu over the weekend. Media specialist Sandy Edwards said the body of 13-year-old Juan Cortez of Lake Havasu was recovered from waist-deep water at London Bridge Beach early Sunday evening.
"The victim had been swimming in the area when family members noticed he was missing," Edwards said. "A male subject located the victim a short distance away."
CPR efforts failed to revive Cortez who was pronounced dead at Havasu Regional Medical Center.

[caroftheweek]

Truely unfortunate. i wonder how a 13 year old would drown in waist deep water...with a snorkel.

[Biglue]

Truely unfortunate. i wonder how a 13 year old would drown in waist deep water...with a snorkel.
I saw somewhere on TLC or Discovery that it's actually pretty easy to do with a snorkel. All it takes is for you to take in the slightest amount of water and make you panic and get you in trouble.

[pixilatedpussy]

So sad....Thoughts & Prayers!
Please watch your babies carefully!

[BoatFloating]

Truely unfortunate. i wonder how a 13 year old would drown in waist deep water...with a snorkel.
People have drown in bath tubs and 1' of water. Water in the lungs and you can't breathe.....
Very sad RIP......

[sigepmock]

Terrible news....we saw the lights from the water Sunday evening....decided to go around the island instead of through the channel. Hate to hear this kind of news.

[Ziggy]

So sad. :( :cry:
I had an ambulance watertaxi pull into Windsor ramp with lights flashing just ahead of us on Sunday eve...but he'd come accross from the Cali side of the lake.
Not sure what that was but it may have been an older lady in it.....

[RiverRatMike]

Witness tells tale of teen's drowning
BY DAVID BELL
Thursday, June 15, 2006 11:21 PM MDT
It was supposed to be a fun day at the beach. Jason Heath, his wife and two young sons were going to go down to the lakeshore Sunday to help his wife, an art teacher, with a project, and to relax, to let the kids swim and just have fun.
Instead the drowning death of Juan Cortez, 13, of Lake Havasu City turned that day into a life-changing experience.
Heath was the man that called 911 when the boy's body was pulled out of the designated swimming area of London Bridge Beach Park.
“It crushed my heart. I felt like I was losing my mind,” Heath said.
He was sitting on the beach watching the water and saw nothing out of the ordinary. Then he started to toss the ball with his 4-year-old son while his 7-year-old built sandcastles. After three or four tosses, the cry came out to call 911.
“I was sitting there watching the water, literally staring, and never saw anyone flailing,” he said. “That's how fast these things happen.”
As the police boat pulled up, and helping clear a path for the officers to get to the boy and perform CPR, Heath pulled his children to him. He said they didn't understand the chaos that surrounded them.
“I grabbed both my kids and held them,” Heath said. “They were confused, but I made sure I held them, that I touched them.”
Confusion continued even after the boy was taken away by ambulance. Some of the people at the beach said he was going to be OK, others said no, it didn't look good. As his own children looked on, Heath was struck by the magnitude of what just happened in mere moments.
“I stood there and cried. My wife, who is 8 months pregnant with our third, took the two boys away and I just stood there and cried.”
Seeing the news account of the young boy's death spurred Heath to talk with his kids, to hopefully get them to understand what happened and how they could avoid a similar fate. He said his 4-year-old really didn't grasp the situation but the 7-year-old, “he was a little bugged out.
“I told him now he knows why I'm on him about safety. We had another talk about water safety, always having a buddy in the water, even bathtub safety. How they always need to watch out for each other.”
Heath and his wife also talked about renewing their 10-year-old CPR certifications, including certification for infant CPR.
“I don't know if I was certified if it would have been too late to help that boy. I just don't know. But I do know that for the future, I'm going to be prepared.”
And to other parents, Heath offers this advice: “If there's kids involved, you can see how fast this happens. How precious kids are. You have to watch every second. Even if you're not the parent, keep an eye on the kids, especially in the water.
“Because kids aren't supposed to die.”