K_girl
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I have a co-worker and friend in Fresno who recently lost her husband and her 6-year old grandson in a swimming pool accident. They were playing and swimming in their mobile home park pool when my friend went to get snacks for lunch. Her husband was a fitness fanatic, so there was no reason believe there could be any problems. She said she noticed it was unusually quiet as she approached the pool, but thought maybe they were taking a break. When she arrived at the pool, she could see her husband was on the bottom and her grandson was floating on top. She was unable to get through the locked gate as her husband had the key. She tried to climb over the fence, but it was too high for her. She started screaming and a neighbor came out with a key. He pulled the boy out and since my friend was a former nurse, she began CPR on the boy. She said she knew her husband was gone, but she asked her neighbor to please get her husband out while she continued to work on the boy.
As the ambulance took the boy away, she was hoping he could be saved, but she couldn't find a pulse. They told her later at the hospital that both had perished. They also told her that they both had very big lumps on their heads, but she said she did not notice it on the boy. The best they can figure out is that the boy may have jumped from the edge towards his grandfather when he wasn't expecting it. John, the grandfather in this story, had survived a traumatic brain injury when he had been hit by a car while riding his bike back in 1996. He nearly died then due to swelling on the brain and had some kind of surgery.
The funeral service for both was July 30th. Incredibly beautiful and moving service. My friend's son, who was the father of the boy, along with his sister and wife, told us about these two people, and though I had never met them, I felt that I really got to know them. The program had a wonderful picture of the grandfather walking through the woods, his back to the camera walking away with his grandson on his shoulders.
Although I work in Sacramento, we have a branch office in Fresno and I was there last week. My friend came into work on Wed. - I was surprised to see her so soon, not quite 2 weeks after the accident. I asked her to go to lunch with me, but she said she had an appointment, but she said she was also having trouble eating. I can't blame her for coming back to work this soon, I think anyone would need some kind of distraction from so much grief.
Here are the articles on this story:
FresnoBee.com: Local: Man, child drown in Selma pool
FresnoBee.com: Local: Two who drowned may have hit heads
As the ambulance took the boy away, she was hoping he could be saved, but she couldn't find a pulse. They told her later at the hospital that both had perished. They also told her that they both had very big lumps on their heads, but she said she did not notice it on the boy. The best they can figure out is that the boy may have jumped from the edge towards his grandfather when he wasn't expecting it. John, the grandfather in this story, had survived a traumatic brain injury when he had been hit by a car while riding his bike back in 1996. He nearly died then due to swelling on the brain and had some kind of surgery.
The funeral service for both was July 30th. Incredibly beautiful and moving service. My friend's son, who was the father of the boy, along with his sister and wife, told us about these two people, and though I had never met them, I felt that I really got to know them. The program had a wonderful picture of the grandfather walking through the woods, his back to the camera walking away with his grandson on his shoulders.
Although I work in Sacramento, we have a branch office in Fresno and I was there last week. My friend came into work on Wed. - I was surprised to see her so soon, not quite 2 weeks after the accident. I asked her to go to lunch with me, but she said she had an appointment, but she said she was also having trouble eating. I can't blame her for coming back to work this soon, I think anyone would need some kind of distraction from so much grief.
Here are the articles on this story:
FresnoBee.com: Local: Man, child drown in Selma pool
FresnoBee.com: Local: Two who drowned may have hit heads
