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Drummond saves his kid

Few thoughts here as a new dad. Shame on everyone.

The girl in the hot-tub texting and not jumping in the pool because of her phone, the dude in the red clearly not smart enough to see a toddler next to a pool and not take action.

Can the kid swim? Obviously not, so put a damn bubble on him!

This could have ended up so much worse
 
UofCT said:
Few thoughts here as a new dad. Shame on everyone.

The girl in the hot-tub texting and not jumping in the pool because of her phone, the dude in the red clearly not smart enough to see a toddler next to a pool and not take action.

Can the kid swim? Obviously not, so put a damn bubble on him!

This could have ended up so much worse
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Kid was in the pool for half a second.

She wasn't in the hot tub and her cellphone didn't keep her from jumping in. She was sitting down indian style and by the time she got up Drummond was already in the pool.
 
superjohn said:
Kid was in the pool for half a second.

She wasn't in the hot tub and her cellphone didn't keep her from jumping in. She was sitting down indian style and by the time she got up Drummond was already in the pool.
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Look again....she was just sitting on the edge with her feet hanging in the hot tub....she gets up on the edge and is still has her phone (can't tell if looking at or just holding) ....If she's my sitter, she's fired immediately...1. for being inattentive & 2. for not reacting to save the kid
 
Yeah I didn’t know what was more remarkable Andre's fast reactions or everyone else just standing there.

For what it’s worth I absolutely agree, there’s no way you let a toddler who can’t swim sit on the edge of a pool without wearing ‘floaties’ or something.

Anyway, I’m glad it worked out.
 
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NJHusky said:
Look again....she was just sitting on the edge with her feet hanging in the hot tub....she gets up on the edge and is still has her phone (can't tell if looking at or just holding) ....If she's my sitter, she's fired immediately...1. for being inattentive & 2. for not reacting to save the kid
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To be fair, Andre's reaction was cat-like. It would be tough for any mere mortal to be in the pool faster than he got there. I'm sure either of the other people in the frame would have been in the pool in plenty of time had Drummond not reacted with the speed and fury lightning.
 
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superjohn said:
Kid was in the pool for half a second.

She wasn't in the hot tub and her cellphone didn't keep her from jumping in. She was sitting down indian style and by the time she got up Drummond was already in the pool.
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Yea...I think she was just not quicker and saw Drummond coming. Kid loves water that's obvious. Teach him to swim. Scary, but I'm glad no one panicked.
 
The danger there was minimal. I have zero doubt every single person there was going in that pool if Andre didn’t get there so quickly.

Just one of those things that happens when you have toddler.
 
Pools are extremely dangerous for small children. More children ages 1–4 die from drowning than any other cause of death except birth defects. About 350 kids drown in pools every year. And eight times that number have to go to the emergency room for non-fatal pool incidents.

I understand that the video is humorous and looks like an over reaction. But pool safety is no joke, it must be taken very serious.
 
Fishy said:
The danger there was minimal. I have zero doubt every single person there was going in that pool if Andre didn’t get there so quickly.

Just one of those things that happens when you have toddler.
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This x1000. They both got up simultaneous to him jumping in from long range
 
Fishy said:
The danger there was minimal. I have zero doubt every single person there was going in that pool if Andre didn’t get there so quickly.

Just one of those things that happens when you have toddler.
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I'm sorry but an adult should be sitting next to the toddler and the toddler have a floating device on. Bad things can happen in a second.
 
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Get a Job said:
To be fair, Andre's reaction was cat-like. It would be tough for any mere mortal to be in the pool faster than he got there. I'm sure either of the other people in the frame would have been in the pool in plenty of time had Drummond not reacted with the speed and fury lightning.
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True, there was like zero processing time.
 
Got a rule in my family that all kids (especially toddlers) must have a floatie on if they wanna be around the pool inside the gate. Can’t fault her for the way she reacted but the obliviousness of seeing a toddler near a pool good heads up instincts from AD bigger then any play he will ever make on the court.
 
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Fishy said:
Just one of those things that happens when you have toddler.
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Try Again Jimmy Fallon GIF by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
 
Love Drummond, but honestly, the fact he posted this is actually embarassing.

As others have said, he was either asking for trouble or an idiot by leaving the kid of that age there with no floats or precaution. And him jumping in was not heroic when there were so many others around that could have easily gotten in.

Basically, by being reckless and dealing with the consequences, he's propping himself up as a "hero" by saving her?! It's actually kinda sad and not something I'd be proud to share, let alone claim heroism.

 
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Many, many years ago I was at my sisters house helping to work on the roof of a greenhouse with my brother-in-law. My sisters three kids were out playing in the yard. The youngest one, who was about 3, rode his big wheel into the deep end of the pool. My ‘maternal’ instincts kicked into full gear. I took about three steps down the ladder and jumped the rest of the way. Ran across the yard, jumped into pool and grabbed him. Luckily he stayed on the big wheel when it hit the water, and it had just enough float to it that he hasn’t really sunk that far by the time I could get there. No one was any worse for wear, but it was pretty traumatic for me. It happened so fast that all I could do was react. The lesson that I learned was that kids don’t have the kind of fear to understand the situation can be dangerous. You really do have to watch them very carefully and make sure that precautions are in place to protect their safety.
 
Great on him for his quick reaction, but this is just bad all around. You don't let a kid that small that cannot swim play next to pool without a pfd of some kind. My kid is 3 and not allowed on a pool deck without his puddle jumper. The woman just sitting there feet in the hot tub on her phone not paying enough attention. The other guy with his back turned not watching the kid. That's a tragedy that was avoided but should never have happened in the first place.
 
NJHusky said:
Look again....she was just sitting on the edge with her feet hanging in the hot tub....she gets up on the edge and is still has her phone (can't tell if looking at or just holding) ....If she's my sitter, she's fired immediately...1. for being inattentive & 2. for not reacting to save the kid
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Harsh. She's up and on the move before the kid even hits the water. So is the other dude. At least 3 people had eyes on the kid. I like the fact that he posted it. It's a good PSA for parents out there with kids and pools.

What is most likely to me is that whoever was hanging with the kid stepped away for an instant, maybe to go get a floatie, and in that instant kid took a dip. It happens
 
This board is something else. He's surrounded by three adults and came out of the pool laughing. Reading some of the posts in this thread reminds me of the SNL sketch where Mike Myers is on a leash connected to a jungle gym wearing a helmet.
 
UChusky916 said:
Love Drummond, but honestly, the fact he posted this is actually embarassing.

As others have said, he was either asking for trouble or an idiot by leaving the kid of that age there with no floats or precaution. And him jumping in was not heroic when there were so many others around that could have easily gotten in.

Basically, by being reckless and dealing with the consequences, he's propping himself up as a "hero" by saving her?! It's actually kinda sad and not something I'd be proud to share, let alone claim heroism.

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It's a nothing story, toddler falls in the pool with three adults right next to him. He's picked up out of the pool in .5 seconds because there was 3 adults standing right next to him. Drummond is making light of it with the all heroes wear capes thing because obviously his heart skipped a beat for a millisecond but the kid was in zero danger of drowning. Next time the kid will have floaties on and won't be on the edge of the pool.
 
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1. I'll assume every adult has direct knowledge of infants drowning or they're one degree of separation.
2. Having a non-swimmer dangling on edge of pool is never a good idea. I don't care if they have floaties.
3. There were multiple adults who obviously had eyes on this toddler.
4. You only need one event like this personally to forever change your view of water safety.
 
I'm on the "it can happen " side of the argument because it happened to me. I was on Ischia passing through the pool area with my 2-year-old on our way inside and ran into a friend. We started to chat and my daughter went over to the edge of the pool and crouched down to put her hand in the water. I was watching her like a hawk the entire time. She tried to scoot forward to get closer and the toe of her flip-flop caught, sending her head first into the water in the 1m end of the pool. She sank like a stone. I could have won an Olympic gold medal in the long jump with the distance I cleared. I got her before she reached bottom. She was a little shocked but otherwise fine. We went and took a nap. My wife came back to find all my clothes, wallet, money, etc... laid out and still wet. She said she instantly thought, "I can't wait to hear this story".

If you're a parent the odds are good you're going to have a near miss or two along the way. I was on alert the whole time and I think Andre was too. If you're going to have your kid around water and not watch at all, that is negligent but in this case (and mine) adults were close by and watching.
 
The thought of Secondary Drowning scares me on top of that. Not saying that’s the case here.
 
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