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Originally posted by Virtual Violet
I would like to know your source of that "information" because that version has never been reported in the media. Even the eyewitness account I saw indicated Mr. Dukes was present and immediately jumped in after the children.
I would caution you NOT to speculate on things that are not confirmed by any legitimate media or authority report or that are not know personally by you.
As it turns out, the surviving wife and mother is someone I attended college with and one of my Sorors. This is a very sad situation, that I'm sure no one wants compounded by unconfirmed, unfounded, speculation and innuendo.
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How amazing that if
YOU have not personally heard something, then the information "has never been reported in the media."
Of course this is very sad, but there is nothing unfounded, NOR unreported, no innuendo here. These facts have been reported by the local, legitimate media, assuming the Dallas Morning News legit enough.
I know it is not politically correct to acknowledge that this father was not vigilant on this day, as reported by eyewitnesses, but maybe this tragedy can serve as a warning to other parents.
Because I am in Dallas, I expect that we have far more extensive coverage that you might get in Chicago:
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http://www.dallasnews.com/s/dws/news...26a8b0215.html
... Witnesses said the man who died was in the lobby of a hotel near the water gardens when his daughter fell in. He ran to help after a woman came into the lobby to tell them about the accident.
"He just ran straight out," Deonca Ussery of Dallas said.
The man and children are thought to have been part of the National Baptist Sunday School and Baptist Training Union Congress in Fort Worth this week. The 20,000-member convention for children and adults focuses on methods to improve Christian education.
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http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcont...olo.13823.html
Trying to beat the heat
... Officers and firefighters found more than 100 people gathered by the Water Gardens' pools, most of them children trying to find relief on a hot evening. Many had gone to the Water Gardens because the pool at the Ramada Plaza hotel serving the convention had been closed for cleaning, said Emma Route of Sweet Rest Baptist Church in Franklinton, La. Witnesses said one of the girls who drowned was wearing a swimsuit.
The pool at nearby Radisson Plaza Hotel Fort Worth was also closed Wednesday for chlorine treatment after heavy use, a manager said. Pools at other downtown hotels were open Wednesday.
Ms. Route said there was little adult supervision at the time of the accident.
"This unfortunate tragedy will force greater and more diligent supervision of the children," she said. "I think they will keep closer watch on the kids and not have them running loose."
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