Death of child at Donelson YMCA pool labeled accidental drowning
June 9, 2008
From Donelson: 7-year old who drowned in YMCA Pool died by way of accidental drowning
Metro Police: An autopsy conducted today on the body of seven-year-old Christian Gordon confirms that he died accidentally by drowning. Gordon had no trauma to his body that would have contributed to his death. Likewise, no health issues were discovered.
Gordon suffered distress Sunday afternoon in the slide area of the outdoor swimming pool at the Donelson-Hermitage YMCA. Surveillance video from the YMCA reviewed today by Youth Services Detective Selene Julia shows periodic images of the pool from two angles. It does not show Gordon entering the water. It does, however, show a child summon a lifeguard at 2:07 p.m. The lifeguard immediately dove into the pool and brought Gordon to the surface. It is not known how long Gordon was in distress prior to the lifeguard being notified.
Gordon was from Ohio, but was spending the summer with his Nashville father, who lives on Pennington Bend Road.
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It is a sad fact that there are still drownings occurring in lifeguarded pools the world over. It was reported at last year’s World Water Safety Conference that there was an unacceptable number of fatalities and serious injuries, and the WWS in conjunction with the WHO are making efforts through training, education etc to improve this dire situation. In the UK we have about 2500 public access pools and on average 5 - 10 drownings per year, most of them need not have happened. The Swimming Pool Safety Company are specialist suppliers of technology based safety equipment and are part of the global drive to improve safety in swimming pools and waterparks. Technology can never replace a lifeguard but can, in certain circumstances extend the human capability ensuring the highest possible level of supervision. It seems compliance to guidelines and best practice is not enough, what will it take to get a meaningful reduction of fatalities.