>>JENNIFER WAUGH: 27 MINUTES AFTER 8 O’CLOCK THIS MORNING AND NOW THAT SOME POLLS ARE
REOPENING NEXT MONTH AND KIDS
WILL BE SPENDING MORE TIME
OUTSIDE OF
SCHOOL AND. WE WANT TO REMIND
YOU ABOUT THE NUMBER ONE KILLER
OF YOUNG CHILDREN.
IT’S DROWNING. EARLIER THIS
MONTH PUTNAM COUNTY 5 YEAR-OLD
DYLAN BROWN DROWN IN IDA LAKE.
HE WAS SWIMMING NEAR THE
BOAT RAMP HIS FAMILY TOLD NEWS
4 JAX THEY HOPE THAT THIS WILL
SERVE AS A REMINDER FOR PEOPLE
TO NEVER TAKE THEIR EYES OFF
THEIR CHILDREN. JOINING ME NOW IS IS INDEED AN ISSUES WITH SAFE KIDS NORTHEAST FLORIDA TO
TALK MORE ABOUT WATER SAFETY
THIS SUMMER IS CINDY GOOD
MORNING. THANKS FOR JOINING US.
SO EVERY YEAR ESPECIALLY AS WE GET CLOSER TO SUMMER SADLY YOU AND I TALK ABOUT THESE
TRAGEDIES LIKE WHAT HAPPENED
WITH
DYLAN BROWN.
>>LENA PRINGLE: AND PARENTS
HONESTLY NEVER THINK IT’S GOING
TO HAPPEN
TO THEM. SO WHAT WOULD YOU SAY
IS THE BIGGEST MISTAKE PARENTS
TEND TO MAKE WHEN IT COMES TO
THEIR CHILDREN IN WATER.
>> WELL I AGREE WITH PARENTS, I
THINK WE UNDERESTIMATE WITH THESE LITTLE KIDS ARE CAPABLE OF AND HOW QUICK THEY ARE HOW
CURIOUS
THEY ARE WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP
OUR EYES ON HIM AT ALL TIMES SO
MAIN HEATING. >> IT WILL CONTACT ON STUNT IS ALL OBSERVATION OR GET ANY
WOULD COME HERE IN OR EVEN NEAR
BODIES OF WATER. SO THAT’S
WHERE
WE TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE IF WE
GET STARTED
THIS ARE TO USE THE WATER
WATCHER SYSTEM OF SUPERVISION
WHICH.
>> IS THAT CONSTANT VISUAL
SUPERVISION
OF CHILDREN.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: AND I WANT IT
I’M GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT
THAT ALSO BECAUSE YOU ACTUALLY
HAVE KIND OF A VISUAL THAT
HELPS KIND OF
A SIGN TO A PARENT WHO’S IN
CHARGE AT THAT MOMENT OF
WATCHING CHILDREN IN
THE WATER. BUT FIRST I WANT TO
MAKE IT VERY CLEAR BECAUSE I
THINK THAT PARENTS TEND TO
MAKE ASSUMPTIONS THAT THEY
WOULD MAYBE HEAR THEIR CHILD IF
HE
OR SHE WAS IN THE WATER HAVING
TROUBLE BUT THAT ACTUALLY
COMPETE WHEATLEY OPPOSITE IN
JUST NOT TRUE.
>> THAT’S FIRST OF ALL IT’S
IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT DRIVING
WITH HER KIDS HAPPENS
VERY QUICKLY, YOU CAN BECOME
UNCONSCIOUS IN THE WATER IN
JUST A MINUTE OR 2. IT’S ALSO A
SILENT
IN THERE. SO WE SEE ON TV
PEOPLE SLASH AROUND CALLING OUT
FOR HELP BUT THAT’S WHAT
HAPPENS THERE. AND THEY’RE
UNDER THE WATER DROWNING THERE
SOME THINKING THEY CAN CALL OUT
FOR HELP SO WE CAN
COUNT ON. I’M ON A TOUR
INCLUDES HAVE TO BE DIGITAL YET
MAINTAIN A
VISUAL CONTACT.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: SO AND AND WE
DO AS WE SAW WITH DYLAN DANGER
IS NOT JUST PULLS I MEAN
PARENTS DON’T REALIZE THAT KIDS
CAN CAN THIS DIDN’T HAPPEN WITH DYLAN THE KIDS CAN GET OUT, I MEAN I IT SEEMS TO ME WE HAD A
SPATE IN FACT WHEN I FIRST
STARTED DOING THIS IS STARTED
TALKING WITH YOU SPECIFICALLY
OF
18 MONTH-OLDS RIGHT. SO THEY’RE
THEY’RE THEY’RE FULLY WALKING
AND THEY’VE JUST REACH A POINT
WHERE THEY CAN REACH THAT
HANDLE TO TO THE FRONT DOOR OR
THE BACK DOOR AND CAN GET OUT
WITHOUT EVEN PARENTS REALIZING
IT AND THEN JUST TERRIBLE
TRAGEDY OCCURS.
>> IT’S FRIDAY AGAIN THEY’RE
DRAWN TO THE WATER IN THE 30’S
TO THE AND THEY HAVE A BACKYARD
WITH THEIR PARENTS WHEN THEY’RE
SWIMMING THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND
THE DIFFERENCE. AND DON’T KNOW THAT YOU NEED TO BE SUPERVISED THEY HAVE
NEW YEAR AND I MOBILE THEY CAN
REACH THE DOOR TO HAVE YOU
FOUND A SECURITY WITH THEIR
HANDS. SO WE PROBABLY HAVE A
BIGGER PROBLEM
WITH CARS, IT IS WE DO HAVE A
BIGGER PROBLEM WITH OTHERS
THESE VERY YOUNG CHILDREN
WANDERING OUT TO THE WATER
MANAGING TO GET INTO IT
AND AND THEN EVEN THE OLDER
OUTINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT
TOO WE REALLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE
TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE.
KEARNEY OF BARRIERS TO THE
WATER THEY HAVE WATER IN YOUR
BACKYARD OR NEARBY. YOU HAVE
MULTIPLE BARRIERS. SO DOES NOT HAVE ACCESS FOR THEM MOVEMENT THAT YOU GO INTO THE OTHER IN
THE IN THE NOW.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: AT CITY DENNIS’S WITH SAFE KIDS NORTHEAST FLORIDA JOINING US
AND SUNNY BEFORE WE LEAVE I
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR
VIEWERS ARE AWARE THAT THEY CAN
GO TO WOLFSON CHILDRENS DOT COM
FORWARD SLASH WATERS THERE ON
YOUR SCREEN TO GET A FREE WATER
WATCHER TAG, WHICH BASICALLY FITS RIGHT AROUND YOUR WIT WRIST AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF
IT IS ASSIGNING SOMEONE WHO’S
WATCHING THE CHILDREN. IT’S
YOUR JOB DON’T TAKE YOUR EYES
OFF THE KIDS CINDY THANK YOU