From foxnews.com...

MINNEAPOLIS — A six-year-old girl has been hospitalized after a horrifying accident at a swimming pool, when she sat on an open drain and a powerful suction pump tore out part of her intestinal tract. A surgeon told the family Wednesday that part of her intestines had been lost.

Abigail Taylor was severely injured Tuesday when she sat over an open drain hole in a wading pool at the Minneapolis Golf Club, according to a posting by her family on the Caring Bridge Web site.

The posting, which has since been taken down, said it is a "medical miracle" that Taylor is still alive.

Taylor is listed in serious condition at Children's Hospital in Minneapolis. Bob Bennett, an attorney representing the family, told the St. Paul Pioneer Press she was conscious and able to speak late Tuesday but that she faces a series of surgeries with uncertain results.

Bennett alleged that the swimming pool's drain hole was improperly uncovered. An official at the golf club expressed sympathy for the family and said he didn't think anything was wrong with the pool, but referred questions to the club's attorney, who declined to comment.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,288182,00.html

I got queasy just reading it.

so it IS true...ghaah.

I remember seeing a program about this many years back. Rough stuff.

There's a Chuck Palahniuk story about such a swimming pool disembowelment. Can't imagine how terrifying and painful such an experience would be.

There's a Chuck Palahniuk story about such a swimming pool disembowelment. Can't imagine how terrifying and painful such an experience would be.


It's a book called Haunted. It's actually in the first chapter. I know because I stopped reading the book at that point. It was one of the most horrifying passages I've ever read.

I imagine I'll read the rest at some point, I just haven't had the stomach to yet.

It's a book called Haunted. It's actually in the first chapter. I know because I stopped reading the book at that point. It was one of the most horrifying passages I've ever read.

Agreed. I never read the book, but a friend of mine sent me an e-mail with that entire passage in it. It haunted me for years. For some reason the e-mail would never delete from my blackberry. Ever. No matter what I tried, it was always there.

I finally forgotten about that passage a few months ago, until I read this thread.

Thanks for that, oilegirl. 'preciate it.

Oh heavens.

Agreed. I never read the book, but a friend of mine sent me an e-mail with that entire passage in it. It haunted me for years. For some reason the e-mail would never delete from my blackberry. Ever. No matter what I tried, it was always there.

I finally forgotten about that passage a few months ago, until I read this thread.

Thanks for that, oilegirl. 'preciate it.

No problem...glad I could reincarnate that happy memory for you :D

I remember seeing a program about this many years back. Rough stuff.

Me too. Like when I was 6 years old (ie 20ish years ago).
Totally creeped me out then, still does now.

/tk

It's a book called Haunted. It's actually in the first chapter. I know because I stopped reading the book at that point. It was one of the most horrifying passages I've ever read.

I imagine I'll read the rest at some point, I just haven't had the stomach to yet.
:(

:(

Wasn't an intentional joke or pun, FYI. I may be warped, but I'm not that warped.

John Edwards made his name/reputation, as a trial lawyer, for getting a $25M settlement from a personal injury case with similar circumstances.

There's a Chuck Palahniuk story about such a swimming pool disembowelment. Can't imagine how terrifying and painful such an experience would be.

yeah, i've read it before and it creeps me out just thinking about it.

John Edwards made his name/reputation, as a trial lawyer, for getting a $25M settlement from a personal injury case with similar circumstances.

This is why I was surprised to see this on FOX news...

The only thing I have heard of worse than this is the stories of people who somehow fall and get caught between a subway car and the platform.