in Fort Lauderdale, Florida; The collapse of a sand hole that killed a 7-year-old Indiana girl who and her brother were digging on a Florida beach is an underrecognized danger, with similar experiences killing and injuring several children across the country each year. Below, investigators photographed the scene of the sand cave collapse on a beach by the sea in Lauderdale, Florida.
Sloan Martinley died Tuesday afternoon on a beach by the Lauderdale Sea, when a 4 to 5 foot deep (1 to 1.)5 meters) collapsed on her and her 9-year-old brother Maddox. The boy was buried in his chest, but the girl was completely covered. A bystander's footage showed about 20 adults trying to dig her out with their hands and plastic buckets, but the hole kept collapsing.
Lauderdale Seaside is a small enclave north of Fort Lauderdale, and there are no lifeguards on the beach, so there are no professionals who can help right away. According to 911** released Wednesday by the Broward County Sheriff's Office, the first rescues arrived about four minutes after the collapse, with paramedics and firefighters arriving moments later.
Wails of pain can be heard amid the camerate of emergency calls, and some bystanders try to rescue the girl. Two of them called** to help, claiming to be registered**, but there was nothing they could do about it. Another woman, who was crying at the time, said there was a whole circle of men helping rescue workers digging up sand. But when they found the girl, she had no pulse. Paramedics immediately began CPR, but the girl was eventually pronounced dead in the hospital. The boy's condition has not yet been announced.
The parents of the children are very upset, imagine that a minute ago your child was still playing on the beach, and then in a few seconds, the little daughter was buried and was life-threatening, and things went too fast and too suddenly. Sean DeRosa, who runs a company that trains lifeguards, says that many families don't think about the risks that come with having their children dig deep holes. so that accidents occur.