Thursday, February 24, 2011

For Virginia Graeme Baker

The case of Virginia Graeme Baker is one of the most horrific and "sensational" swimming pool accidents which remind us that if we compromise safety, the fun place that we know can bring us  nightmares.


The tragic death of Graeme (pronounced as Graham), as her family called her, caught the attention of the Congress and enacted a law signed by former President Bush on December 19, 2007 named after her; Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act and has been effective since December 19, 2008.

Graeme, along with other victims of pool accidents, are the main inspiration of this blog.

Graeme, the granddaughter of former Secretary of State James Baker III, a twin and the youngest of the 5 siblings, learned how to swim at the age of 3 and was a member of swim and diving team of her community.

In June 15, 2002, she and her mother Nancy along with her 4 sisters were invited to a graduation party to be held at the swimming pool and hot tub area. Soon as they arrived, Graeme worn her swimsuit and jumped into the water without hesitation knowing that swimming is not new to her.

A couple of minutes later, Graeme's older sister ran to their mother informing her that Graeme has been under water in the hot tub and would not come up. When Nancy reached the hot tub, she could barely see her daughter's figure. Nancy then jumped into the hot tub and saw Graeme's unconscious body.

Nancy tried to pull her Graeme up not knowing that her daughter was trapped by the suction of the whirlpool’s drain. Two men came and in an effort to pull Graeme out, they eventually broke the drain cover to free her up completely.


They tried to revive Graeme but  it was too late. Graeme died of drowning caused by suction entrapment due to a faulty drain cover, she was 7 years old.

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  3. Who cares just because one girl died at a friend's house that didn't happen to have a drain cover you have sign a law to force pools that don't have and don't put one it you make them shutdown there pools. Who gives a shit because of your stuiped law.

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    1. Yes you inconsiderate Jackass.Grow a brain.

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    2. She isnt the only one this has happened to you stupid idiot. Do u think theyd make a law over 1 death? Ugh. Your despicable and disrespectful.

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    3. Oh dear Hod in heaven how can anyone wether religious or not, parent or not have absolutely no compassion for this absolutely horrific tragedy that has happened too often and even if it was one child or person ; it was one child too many!!! How could your attatitufe not sit with you or haunt you every time you stepped in water. What if this were your niece, sister or child or yourself( I’m sure then you’d be begging for this law and suing. I hope and prayed God no other poor angel or family has to ever go through this poor tragedy. I’ve heard of this accident several times - in most cases causing immediate death and in one case the child ended up having to have a triple organ transplant only to dye of transplant cancer 9 months later. I believe this child was a semitones grandchild- I don’t think her mother lobbied for this bill for no cause- she was lobbying in the hopes that her child did not die in vain and that no other child ir family would go through the same horrific accident.

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    4. Did you ever hear of the I believe he was 12 yr old N.Y. boy on a class trip who died I believe in the early 80’s at dorney park? He was found to have been held under by waves s pool suction and sadly not found till the next morning because his body remained down under the deep end and hidden. To sadly add to the tragedy he cause he was on a school trip and there were not enough chaperones it wasn’t till the last minute ehen busses were getting ready to leave that it was noticed he was missing. Although there was an exhaustive sea h the school was beld partially responsible for not enough chaperones but that my also had the audacity to leave the park with not one person remaining to stay concerned for this poor child. Sadly also there bejng many factors this poor child died - it was revealed he did not know how to swim. It was also found that 2 other boys friends of his saw him one minute and possibly struggling and then gone - had reported to life guards they were worried they could not find their friemd and there appeared to be no concern that a child was in danger. If you Google the incident you will find the court documents with the complete story and outcome. But it wasn’t till the park was readying to open the next day that his body was found by line guards the next morning floating in the pool. So extremely tragic and although he obviously died sometime during that afternoon you’d think a search would’ve been continued throughout the night. Even sadly they may not have found him till morning the fact that there was ni one concerned enough with him missing to even try to still locate him throughout the night. They could not have known what happened but there always could’ve been a chance that what happened he could still be alive amd saved.

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