Everything about Abigail Taylor totally explained
Abigail Rose Taylor (died
March 20,
2008) was a young girl from
Edina, Minnesota whose accidental injury and eventual death led to new US federal legislation to improve the safety of
swimming pools.
Description of the incident
On
June 29,
2007, Taylor's parents took her to the Minneapolis Golf Club in
St. Louis Park. She was sitting over the open drain of a wading pool when her buttocks were sucked onto the aperture. The suction tore out a large section of her intestinal tract through her rectum. Her parents were in the general vicinity at the time of the accident, but neither they nor any of the club staff were directly observing the pool.
Aftermath
The incident has been described by some media reports as a "freak" accident. However, the risk of this sort of accident has been published before in the United States and cases in other countries have also been documented. Furthermore, Taylor's parents alleged that the golf club "was aware of the serious risk to swimmers in the kiddie pool [...] but didn't take action to eliminate that risk". They also alleged that the manufacturer of the drain outlet was aware of the potential risk, but failed to issue adequate warnings. The family filed suit against both parties.
Between 1980 and 1996 in the United States, 15 other similar accidents involving
evisceration and
disembowelment caused by pool suction units had occurred. However, Taylor's accident increased public awareness of pool safety and led to legislative change. In December 2007,
President George W. Bush signed federal legislation that provides incentives for states to adopt comprehensive pool safety laws. Similar laws had been adopted in at least two states of
Australia 20 years earlier.
Injury and subsequent death
Taylor lost 21 feet (6.4 metres) of her small intestine in the accident, leaving her with
short bowel syndrome. Following the accident, Taylor was hospitalized, and received transplants of her small intestine, liver and pancreas. She was unable to eat or drink, and required
total parenteral nutrition. She died at the age of six due to complications resulting from her injuries.
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