something I cannot get out of my head (sad child/tornado)

[cleo29]

related.

So, if you don't want to know, don't read further.
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I read that 7 (I think) children were drowned in a pool of water at the elementary school. This has been haunting me because, for me, drowning is a terrifying way to die and then you add in the terror of the storm and those poor babies. This whole thing is just heartbreaking, but when you find out some of the details, it is almost too much.

[julez]

It's haunting me, too. I can't get over the tragedies happening while kids are at school. So many lately.

It kills me that I will never be able to keep DD safe.

[eddy]

This bothered me a lot as well.

[mbcdefg]

Poor things

What's bugging me (aside from the tragedy of it, obviously) is how they even drowned in the first place? When they say a "pool of water," does it mean that they were taking shelter near the school's swimming pool, or was it a pool of water from another source?

[jaylea]

CNN.com has an article saying they didn't drown, but were instead in a classroom. Not tht it makes it any less horrible. Those poor babies and their families.

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May 22, 2013 11:06:02 GMT -5 mbcdefg said:

Poor things

What's bugging me (aside from the tragedy of it, obviously) is how they even drowned in the first place? When they say a "pool of water," does it mean that they were taking shelter near the school's swimming pool, or was it a pool of water from another source?

I am pretty sure I read somewhere that water pipes burst and flowed into where ever they were trapped.

ETA: Just saw the post about the CNN article. I hope that's right because my heart breaks thinking of them drowning.

[mbcdefg]

May 22, 2013 11:09:01 GMT -5 cc said:

May 22, 2013 11:06:02 GMT -5 mbcdefg said:

Poor things

What's bugging me (aside from the tragedy of it, obviously) is how they even drowned in the first place? When they say a "pool of water," does it mean that they were taking shelter near the school's swimming pool, or was it a pool of water from another source?

I am pretty sure I read somewhere that water pipes burst and flowed into where ever they were trapped.

Oh dear. How horrifying

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May 22, 2013 11:02:10 GMT -5 julez said:

It's haunting me, too. I can't get over the tragedies happening while kids are at school. So many lately.

It kills me that I will never be able to keep DD safe.

This where I am too. I just keep thinking about the parents who sent their kids to school that day like it was any other day. So terrible.

[KKD]

This is why Sandy Hook affected me so much; it's such a horrific way for anyone to die, let alone young children. It haunts me because I can't help but think of my own children and how scared and unprotected I know they would feel in their final moments.

[nursewife]

That bothers me too. I lost a family friend in a drowning last summer and its an awful way to go. I can't get over the feeling of not being able to feel 100% ok sending my kids to a school.

[cleo29]

I have told H that I feel i have to be careful with what I tell C about me always being there because I know all too well, that is a promise I am not sure I can keep. Things, horrible, tragic, life shattering things happen that are out of our control and I would hate for her to feel, for even one moment, that I broke my word to her.

I don't know, I think we say things without thinking because we want that to be true, that they will always be ok, that we will always be there when they need us and no one knows if that is true.

As awful as it is, I would rather (if I had to lose my child in this horrific fashion) that they be with someone they know likes friends and teachers who care for them. If I can't be there, I would hope to find some comfort, eventually, that they were not alone.

[eddy]

This story is really haunting me. Just the talk of the last morning, and their obvious love for this kid. Ugh
www.cnn.com/2013/05/22/us/oklahoma-tornado-victims/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

[ElizabethBennet]

The whole thing is just horrific. Those poor babies

[cinderbella]

Thinking of their last moments (Sandy Hook and the tornado) are what haunt me. Were they scared? Did they have time to realize what was happening or was it fast and painless?

Ugh. I just can't.