To think this is beyond negligence?

[Cuppacoffeeinthebigtime]

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3148521/Dramatic-moment-10-month-old-baby-girl-rescued-Turkish-coastguard-floated-KILOMETRE-sea-inflatable-family-forgot-water.html


I know we all make mistakes but come on, how can you leave a baby unattended in the sea for even a minute? Don't know where this family are from but I hope somebody finds them and has a stern word?

[Atenco]

You lot are normally all quick to hoist your judgy knickers up to great hights and almost make the knicker elastic self combust I find passing judgment on the actions of others as reported in a short newspaper article is a totally worthless event.

What is worth noting is that an inflatable on the sea is extremely risky for both adults and children.

That is why I would not let my dd's father take her to the beach, small children need a lot of looking after around the sea and I did not trust to remember than once he had his obligatory couple of beers

[ThumbWitchesAbroad]

I don't believe for one moment that they "forgot" they'd put the baby in the inflatable. I believe that they put her in it and thought that they could get a few moments to themselves while she bobbed around happily in the shallows. What they didn't expect was the wind and tide to drag her quickly out to sea.

It is still stupid and negligent to have left her unattended, but I doubt very much that they forgot she was there, they just didn't think about the wind and tide.

[SilverNightFairy]

My brother is a Park Ranger, the stories he tell about vacationing people is unbelievable. Parents do the most unthinkable things whilst on vacation like pose their children on the back of bison or try feed bears. Unfortunately, first responders are often called in to risk their lives rescuing people from their own bad choices on vacation. I believe this story.

[ThumbWitchesAbroad]

Yes, Silver - it's completely amazing how people don't realise that wild animals are actually wild, isn't it! Where we live, there is a huge mob of kangaroos that are quite used to people, but are still not tame. We often see people down there, with toddlers going right up to the big kangaroos, or dozy twats trying to "box" the kangaroos - they're pretty placid but if you rile them up, then you'd be in trouble - their back paw claws are as long and thick as my little finger, and the strength in their back legs, should they decide to kick you in the belly, would probably rupture something.

My only surprise is that, as yet, no one has been seriously hurt. But one day they will be and god help the poor kangaroos then :(

[SilverNightFairy]

ThumbWitch, sadly, many bears have had to be put down as they have become too familiar with humans. They are first tranquiliised and moved far away from the location but often return. Once they return, they face death as they are no loner fearful of humans and think nothing of entering cars or tents looking for a handout :(

[Atenco]

Yeap, many years ago I worked in the Rockies and the stories of tourist imbecilities abounded. There was one of a family smearing their 4-year-old's face with honey to get a photo of a bear licking him.

[Gruntfuttock]

Atenco That really is incredible!

[tomatodizzymum]

I read a report that said she got out too deep and bathers could no longer reach her and then raised the alarm as she started to be swept out to sea. That suggests she was not alone, maybe not being watched by the parents but different cultures might have different definitions of unattended. Just a thought, not saying the parents weren't negligent, perhaps they were. But as others have pointed out, there might be more to the story than the neglectful mother angle the Daily Mail salivates over.

[tomatodizzymum]

Atenco

[Jen1610]

tomato I heard on the radio and have read in different articles the parents were sunbathing and forgot about her and it was others the raised the alarm.

maybe one of them took the baby down to the edge of the water and put the little.crib just at the shallow bit so the motion would rock her to sleep and they lay back so their upper body was in the sand but feet in water and watching the baby but fell asleep and baby got swept out.

[SilverNightFairy]

Could care less, mother, father whatever. Putting a baby near the water and taking your eyes off that child for any amount of time is neglect.

[Iliveinalighthousewith2friendl]

How the hell do you forget about your own baby.
It's terrifying to think what could have happened.
They may not be particularly bad people or parents and I'm sure they love this little girl but I think they need educating on children's safety and monitored very closely by sS.