Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire How can 2 adults and a child drown in a 4' deep pool?

Absolutely. Neighbors never would have heard the thunder.

The pool is stated at being 3 1/2 feet deep. No way it was lightning, weird.

I would believe that a lightning strike would create serious burns.Lightening will produce 200,000+ volts and 20,000+ amps which will result serious burns.

Where as a body of water energized by electricity 120 volts 20 amps may stop your heart and render you unconscious without the tell-tale signs of serious burns.

So Patels are the new ‘Rockfish’ ?

They said there was no thunder? Well that takes care of that.

Very likely ESD.
Even if it turns out not to be in this case, it is worth learning about if you spend time around pools, hot tubs, marinas, etc.
https://www.webmd.com/first-aid/news/20190722/electric-shock-drowning-silent-killer

That's just wrong.

Yeah, get woke you cretin; we call them "little people" now!

A pissed off little suck...uh, person pitched a radio in the pool, unplugged it and took it home?

Little bastids.

Rockfish can drown in 6” of water.

And a drunk in 2.

MORE ON:
DROWNINGS'


NJ family found dead in backyard pool died from drowning

The New Jersey family members who drowned in their backyard pool were trying to rescue an 8-year-old from deep water — but none of them could swim, according to a new report.

The tragic ordeal began when the child — identified by neighbors as Sacchi Patel — jumped into a 6- or 7-foot-deep section of the above-ground pool at the family’s recently purchased house in East Brunswick on Monday afternoon, NBC New York reported.

An aunt who was watching the girl called for help, and the child’s 62-year-old grandfather, Bharat Patel, jumped in to try to save her, the outlet reported, citing a source familiar with the circumstances.

But Bharat struggled in the water because he didn’t know how to swim, according to the report.

So the girl’s mother, 33-year-old Nisha Patel, then jumped in. But Nisha also didn’t know how to swim and struggled to save both her daughter and father-in-law before drowning, according to the report.

The aunt who witnessed the ordeal was able to reach the young girl in the water, but not soon enough to save her life, according to NBC.

The three lived in the house on Clearview Road, which the family bought in April for $451,000, according to public records.

A neighbor who spoke with Bharat before the incident told NBC the family recently had the pool fixed up — and Monday may have been the first time they had used it.

On Tuesday, Mayor Brad Cohen told NJ.com that the “entire East Brunswick community is shocked and saddened.”

“Our condolences go out to the family and may they find strength from the community that shares in their grief,” he said.

Authorities had originally been investigating whether the trio had been electrocuted in the pool, but ruled that out Tuesday afternoon.

*********************************************
This photo is definitely the right pool not sure if the photo in the OP is the right pool or not. I agree with y'all, this article says "might have been 6 or 7 feet" but it looks like 4 feet tops to me.
It is incomprehnsible to me that people can't swim. My mom got us kids in the pool at age 18 months, when I was 13 I had the swimming merit badge, the Mile Swim merit badge, and was a Red Cross Water Safety Instructor, thanks to Boy Scouts. Too bad I wasn't up there in Yankeeland yesterday I would have saved 'em all.

And then, I get free chicken vindaloo once a month, for life. Ah, well.

As a side note, the Indian-immigrant Patel clan own at least 25% of all the hotel/motels in the US.

Thanks for the update SK. Sad.

An article in the NY Post from yesterday says:

"“A neighbor heard screaming and called 911,” said police Lt. Frank Sutter during a press conference outside the family home. When emergency responders arrived, they found the three victims submerged in about 4 feet of water in an oval, above-ground pool."

Family buys pool - family members do not know how to swim.

Brilliant!

What a tragedy! Ain't ever done it but I'm told that rescuing a drowning person can easily be lethal to both parties.

Yes it is very dangerous. Reach Throw Row Go
That is what we were taught in Scouts.
First, from the shore, try to reach out to the person, or grab a towel and try to get one end of that to them, pull them to shore.
That doesn't work, throw a life preserver.
Third, if you are at the beach, get in the boat and row out.
Only in the last measure, swim out.

However in this case, if it is a 4 foot deep pool, I would have waded out and manhandled them, I am 6-3 and pretty strong.

As was said above it may have been lightning. But that would be easy to check and see if there were storms at that time and day.

If not I'd want to look at who they hung around with. It may be a "suicide" -----------in the same way Epstein killed himself?