Warning to parents as harrowing video shows boy drowning after NOBODY notices

THIS is the shocking moment a little boy drowned in a crowded swimming pool after nobody noticed him struggling.

The disturbing video was shot at a water park in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on July 26.

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It shows the little boy standing on the edge and jumping into the water, seemingly without a problem.

However, as the video progresses, the boy is seen getting into difficulties in the water and is obviously struggling to stay afloat.

Yet other children and adults play around him, and it appears that nobody notices – not even the lifeguard.

The kid can be seen thrashing around in the water as he floats further into the centre of the pool.

It is only when he eventually ends up motionless in the water that the adults see the danger, and a woman rushes over and carries him out of the pool in her arms.

Some reports said he was still alive when he was taken from the pool but had stopped breathing by the time medics arrived, and attempts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful.

Dina Filippova, a psychologist at the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for the Rostov Region, said that it was surprising that a person can drown in front of others and no one will notice.

She said: “A person who does not have special training will never recognize a drowning person, whether it is an adult or a child. This can only be done by a rescuer who is on standby.

“When people drown, they do it silently, they don’t have time to shout or call for help. It’s a matter of a few seconds. And the movements of a drowning person are similar to those of someone just floundering in the water.”

Local mayor Alexei Logvinenko said in a post on his Telegram channel on July 27 that they would begin inspecting all water parks in the region for safety.

He wrote: “Administration employees, together with the competent authorities, will check public places with outdoor pools for the presence of security measures: rescuers, medical workers.”

The Investigative Committee of the local police force said: “A criminal case has been initiated under Part 2 of Article 238 ‘Provision of services that do not meet the requirements for the safety of life or health, which negligently caused the death of a person’.”

This comes after a child began to drown in a crowded swimming pool before a quick-thinking lifeguard jumped in to save them.

An urgent warning was also issued to parents after a shocking video showed adults swimming past a drowning seven-year-old as he sank to the bottom of the pool.

Parents were also urged to keep a firm eye on their kids at the pool after a four-year-old boy almost drowned in front of dozens of people at a Thai water park.

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