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What a surprise. Drop kids off at a crowded public swimming pool. Kid drowns (which is sad), then turn around and sue. This is why foreigners love the United States of America.

Close the pools, close everything. Close all law schools down also.

Artie,

What the *bleep* does this story have to do with "foreigners"? Seriously... This is indeed a very sad story and my opinion is that it is poor judgment on the part of any parent who would drop off their children instead of staying and supervising them in a dangerous place such as a pool. Don't have a bathing suit? Then the kids will have to wait until you run home to get one and then you go swimming with them.
The story has nothing to do with "foreigners".

its all about the money.i am sorry their kid is gone but it was an accident.the ambulance chasers must have been circling this family.

For me, this begs some question: 1) where were the parent(s) when these children drowned? 2) did the parent(s) entrust the lives of their children to virtually unknown strangers who worked at this public pool? 3) if so, why did the parent(s) allow young adults to watch their children? 4) did these children know how to swim? 5) if not, then why would the parent(s) allow them to a public pool and be and watched by young adults whom they do not know personally? If any of these are indeed the case, it calls into question the judgment of the parent(s). I too am a parent and never left my minor children at a movie theater, swimming pool, public park, etc, without being present or leaving my minor children with a familar entrusted reliable person of whom I would trust with my own life.

In no way am I suggesting that any of this excuses what happened, although parent(s) have the sole option of choosing who will care for their children in their absence. Personally, I would not entrust my precious minor children to older adolescents because I do not believe that they would look after and care for my minor children as well as myself. They are young, have other things on their mind, and will not value the lives of my minor children as much as myself.

Nice. Take two kids who don't know how to swim to a pool.

Then when the obvious happens, turn around and sue the City for $15 mil.

This was to be expected - and the city will undoubtedly settle out of court for a large amount.

And, then they will eventually close the public pools because of the "liability." And all of the other inner-city children who enjoyed those pools will have nowhere to go in the summer.

The entire incident was a terrible tragedy that could have been prevented.

Based on the conflicting reports, I'm not sure if the lifeguards were as attentive as they should have been.

However,the father had no absolutely no business leaving three small children who could not swim alone at a public pool.

If they wouldn't let him in the enclosure, he should have taken them home and come back with his own bathing suit.

Let's not forget - at least he could have stayed outside the fence and watched them, but he went to an ATM instead. What a tragic mistake.

We are all ultimately responsible for our own children.

This is pretty ridiculous. They do have every right to sue but 15 mill?? They really want to get out of Providence. They don't need that much. They should receive some compensation for their loss but they should have also been watching the child. Well best of luck to the family.

the parent should have taken the children with him when he was denied access to the pool. he should be sued..it was the parent/adult
s job to babysit those kids. don't pin this on the lifeguards.

The father abandoned the kids who can't swim in a pool.
The pool let the kids who can't swim into the pool.
The blame is with the father and the pool policy.