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Old 06-16-2008, 10:44 AM
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Re: 2-year-old boy drowns in backyard swimming pool in Hollywood - Sun-Sentinel.com
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"This is the eighth reported child drowning this year in Broward County. From 2004 to 2007, the county had 31 drowning deaths of children 5 and under, according to the Broward County Health Department."

At this rate, Broward County (where I lived for 20 years before moving up here) will hit 16 this year, that's half the TOTAL for the previous *3 years COMBINED*.

Yet, people STILL do not want proper child fences and/or alarms for their pools ... because *they look ugly* or are *too noisy*.

Yeah, .. okay, ... but, hey ... THEY SAVE LIVES when installed and used!
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