Teen Dies After Being Sucked Into Pool Pump

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Teen lifts grille in a pool
Sucked into pool's pumping system
Took 30 minutes for someone to help


THE father of a UK boy who died after being sucked into a pool pump at a resort says lifeguards accused his family of "playing jokes".

Nathan Clark, 14, died after lifting a grille in a pool at a Thai water park in an attempt to retrieve his goggles.

He was sucked into the pool’s pumping system and it took 30 minutes for pool engineers to check the pump room.

When they did, Nathan’s body slid into view of the engineers and his horrified father, who claims lifeguards ignored his pleas for help.

He claims the lifeguards thought his family was "playing jokes" because the grille was locked and would have been "impossible to lift".

"The guards did nothing not for 30 minutes - they would not believe what had happened," Mr Clark told the Daily Mail.

"When I finally forced them to do something they went to the pump room, opened a hatch and my son's body came out."

Adding to Mr Clark's outrage was the fact the several Thai film crews were in the pump room attrempting to film his son's dead body.

When Mr Clark lashed out at the crews with a spanner, he was ordered by police to him pay them £220 ($456) in compensation.

Teen dies after being sucked into pool pump | World News | News.com.au
 
This is quite a messed up situation, I have to say.

Besides, the 14-year-old teenager should had known better to not open something he was unfamiliar with. But regardless, the lifeguards were negligent in their duty to protect the people in the swimming pool.
 
I concur, Banjo..both parties are at fault.
 
Whenever I read UK newspapers it is a head shaking experience. We should pay attention we can be in the same boat here in America.
 
i dont blame the father, stupid llifeguards, staff they all ought to be sacked even in jail for mishandling causing danger, actually manslaughter by ignorance?!
 
Such a tragedy on both parts. All I can do is shake my head at this.
 
inspirabull said:
Whenever I read UK newspapers it is a head shaking experience. We should pay attention we can be in the same boat here in America.
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it already did... few times but what happened at Thailand was stupider. I mean... fined $456 in compensation just for "lashing out"? I guess he broke some cameras.

something fishy in here - he was able to open grille? damn! and the goggle fell thru grille? that's a pretty dangerous size!
 
Jeez... that is not something to joke about. Those guys should have taken it seriously like they would with every other situation. If it turned out to be fake, then they could do something about it afterward. Better to do something and increase the chance of saving someone than to take it as a joke and increase the chance of killing someone. :roll:
 
I still think it's the lifeguard's fault, they should have not left that pump unlock. They can't depend on people to know better with the pool.

Anyway, I feel sorry about the boy..
 
VamPyroX said:
A spanner is like a wrench.

http://www.andy-graham.com/images/spanner.jpg

They also have adjustable spanners (where you spin the little wheel to make the size smaller or bigger). He probably got his hands on one when in the room with the pumping system.
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:ty: VamPy.


Ouch. I can imagine the father being upset and frustrated with the life guards when he saw his sons body. :(
 
VamPyroX said:
A spanner is like a wrench.

http://www.andy-graham.com/images/spanner.jpg

They also have adjustable spanners (where you spin the little wheel to make the size smaller or bigger). He probably got his hands on one when in the room with the pumping system.
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The lifeguard should have not let that boy use the spanner to open the pump, instead of accusing them that they was just kidding. It look like the lifeguard was not paying attention.
 
PuyoPiyo said:
The lifeguard should have not let that boy use the spanner to open the pump, instead of accusing them that they was just kidding. It look like the lifeguard was not paying attention.
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the boy did not use the spanner. the father used spanner to lash out at camera guys in anger cuz they were filming the dead boy.
 
I can't blame lifeguard for this they thought that boy's Father was play jokes so they try not waste our time to find fake.


Doesn't that grille have screws to floor? I be surprise if that boy broke grille. Most pool have grille screw to pipe that no one couldn't open it.
 
PuyoPiyo said:
The lifeguard should have not let that boy use the spanner to open the pump, instead of accusing them that they was just kidding. It look like the lifeguard was not paying attention.
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The boy didn't use the spanner. He lifted the grille himself.

The father was waving the spanner out of anger.
 
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