No Greater Love

[mnealtx 0]

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SMITHFIELD, N.C. — A 6-year-old boy who drowned in his grandparents' half-drained pool died while saving his 3-year-old sister, family members said.

James Alton Barbour Jr. died Saturday at the home near Smithfield. His younger sister, Alona, told family members that James had pushed her to the shallow end of the pool, where she stayed in just over a foot of water.

"She just kept saying, 'He saved me, he saved me,"' said Kristal Kelley, an aunt of the children. "He's our little hero."

Blue skies, James...you are TRULY a hero!

Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
POPS 9708 , SCR 14706

[Skyrad 0]

Thats so sad

What a cool and brave little boy.

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[Nightingale 0]

That kid is a hero. Unfortunately for everyone involved, he's a dead hero. Pool drownings are just so damn preventable. Watch your children. Fence your pool. At parties, adults take half hour shifts to watch the water. As a former lifeguard, I hate hearing these stories. If an adult had been watching, both kids would be alive.

[normiss 905]

I live in Florida, we're surrounded by water in all forms....TEACH THEM TO SWIM!
all three of my girls could swim before they could walk.

child drownings could not be more tragic.

[masterrig 1]

Heros do come in small packages. What a sad story.


Chuck

[Nightingale 0]

Teaching them to swim probably wouldn't have stopped this drowning. The kid swam well enough to pull his sister out of the deep end to the shallow, and, according the article slipped and fell back into the deep water. He may not have been in any physical shape to pull himself out. An adult just could've reached in and grabbed him. The pool was only half full.

[normiss 905]

I thought the survival back float would work even when exhausted, no?
Tough little guy in this story.
Very heart breaking.

You're also VERY correct. I cannot imagine letting ones that small out of sight... more so around water.

[Nightingale 0]

Survival back float will work if you're exhausted. It won't work if you're not conscious. I don't know what kind of medical condition this kid was in, but the article made it clear that he had fallen, so he may have been dazed or unconscious. If you can swim, it's hard to get exhausted in a backyard pool. They're just not big enough.

[gonzalesna 1]

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Survival back float will work if you're exhausted. It won't work if you're not conscious. I don't know what kind of medical condition this kid was in, but the article made it clear that he had fallen, so he may have been dazed or unconscious. If you can swim, it's hard to get exhausted in a backyard pool. They're just not big enough.

for a full grown adult... I can remember from personal experience, getting exhausted swimming from end to end in friends' pools. When you're little, a little pool is a lot bigger. That's all I've got to say about that.

Blue skies kiddo... A true selfless act with an unfortunate outcome. I'll be sayin' a few prayers before I leave for Phoenix.

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