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Speedo Life Suit is a Drowning Hazard
by Jamie B. - Posted Mon June 23, 2008 @ 12:00 PM
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On 6-16-08 I took my 7 yr old son and 3 yr old daughter up to a friend's pool to cool off and play in the water. It was a spur-of-the-moment thing and I didn't have a suit or floaties for my 3 year old. My friend had plenty of suits to choose from. I chose to put her in a Speedo Life suit; the kind that has the floatation device built in the entire front to back torso part. I felt pretty good about it especially since she just wanted to sit on the side of the pool and put her feet in. I didn't have a suit so I sat at the table next to the pool and watched her and her brother play. Next thing I knew she was face down in the water kicking her feet round-like, trying to flip herself over. This suit had prevented her from flipping over thus keeping her head down in the water. I believe this product to be very dangerous and a drowning hazard not a life saving device. Parents: ~BE CAUTIOUS WHEN USING THIS TYPE OF PRODUCT~
Reevaluate this product! Is there something they can do so that in a case like this will force the child's face upward? I am no engineer and have no expertise in the life-saving device industry, but I believe that if I had not seen my daughter face-down the way she was, this product would have been a contributor to her death rather than a device that helped save her life.
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