Title: Pool Safety
Producer: Emily Halevy
Feed: CWKN #385, May 14, 2008
Time: 1:34
SUGGESTED LEAD: WE’RE JUST NOW GETTING INTO THE TIME OF THE YEAR WHEN KIDS ARE AT RISK OF DROWNING.  EVERY YEAR, HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN DROWN IN THE US. IN FACT, IT IS ONE  OF THE LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH FOR KIDS UNDER 5. HOW MANY OF THESE KIDS DROWN WHILE BEING SUPERVISED BY ADULTS?  ALMOST ALL OF THEM.  THAT STORY IN TODAY’S CONNECT WITH KIDS.
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NARR:  MOMENTS AFTER THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN … 3-YEAR-OLD KYLE MONAHAN WALKED TO THE POOL BEHIND HIM … AND FELL IN.

NOBODY SAW HIM.  NOT THE FOUR ADULTS ON THE DECK, NOR THE TWO IN POOL. (:13)

SUPER: Peter Monahan, Kyle’s Father (:13)
“He just slipped under the radar.  Got out of the chair and went below everybody’s eyesight.”

NARR: TWO MINUTES LATER SOMEONE SAW HIM AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POOL.

HE WASN’T BREATHING. HIS HEART HAD STOPPED. (:05)

NATS: 9-1-1 call (:23)
“He’s drowning! Who? The baby!  How old? Three! Three-year-old?  Yes, Please hurry.”

NARR: ACCORDING TO THE CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION, 300 CHILDREN UNDER FIVE DROWN EVERY YEAR IN A SWIMMING POOL.

MOST WHILE BEING SUPERVISED BY THEIR PARENTS. (:09)

SUPER: Sean Penn, American Red Cross (:41)
“The parents say they’re not going to let them swim unattended.  But their level of attention to them while they’re in the pool is very low.  They’re talking to their friends… they’re reading their magazine.”

NARR: AND PARENTS MAY ALSO ASSUME THAT IF THEIR CHILD’S IN TROUBLE… THEY’LL NOTICE. (:05)

SOT: Sean Penn, American Red Cross (:57)
“Once they’ve slipped beneath the water, they’ve got no air to breath, they’ve got now way to make any noise and if they’re small enough and the water’s deep enough… they’re going to be so far away from the surface that they can’t make any splashing noise.”

NARR: KYLE WAS LIFELESS FOR AT LEAST THREE MINUTES … BUT AFTER HIS FATHER GAVE HIM C-P-R … HIS PULSE AND BREATH RETURNED. (:08)

NATS: 9-1-1 call (1:18)
“He’s crying, he’s throwing up.  O-K, he’s crying he’s throwing up, that’s good.”

SOT: Peter Monahan, Father (1:22)
“There’s no way to express how happy and how grateful we are to have our son back.”

SUPER: Kim Monahan, Mother (1:27)
“It just makes you realize how precious life is, and how easy it could be gone.”

SUGGESTED TAG:   THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS RECOMMENDS “TOUCH” SUPERVISION FOR CHILDREN YOUNGER THAN FIVE.  THIS MEANS THAT THE CHILD IS WITHIN ARM’S REACH AT ALL TIMES.  FOR MORE INFORMATION LOG ONTO <LOCAL URL> AND CLICK ON THE CONNECT WITH KIDS ICON.