Wow. How messed up is this?

 

- Boy dies from having fun in doing what kids do at the beach.

- Inocent bystanders injured.

- The person on his last shift of his last day before retiring is the cause of the bystander injury.

 

My prayers go out to everyone involved.

 

 

http://usnews.msnbc....-the-beach?lite

Just a few miles from my house. Very sad.

Crap. This is just awful. You should read some of the boneheaded comments on the news12 facebook posting on this. People are jerk offs. I got a pit in my stomach thinking about the baby and father hit by the fire truck too.

Wow bad all around. Prayers to all those involved

Wonder how deep it was. I remember as a kid this happening and my parents always limiting how deep i was able to dig at the beach. Its a real danger to a child

Tis sad for sure. Where the hell were the parents? I recall when I was younger that the lifeguards wouldn't let us dig holes at all. They didn't want anyone breaking an ankle or hurting themselves in general.

 

Wonder how deep it was. I remember as a kid this happening and my parents always limiting how deep i was able to dig at the beach. Its a real danger to a child

 

 

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I'm sure the parents were somewhat close by. The life guards were only a few feet away

I'm sure it is a wonderful sentiment to ask "Where were the parents!"

 

They were at the beach with their kid who was digging a hole in the sand....like kids do. I'd like to think it would dawn on me that it could collapse in on him, but I'm not so sure I would think of that.

I'd imagine they weren't digging that far down at all, certainly not more than a couple feet. Think about it. It order to create the tunnel, the sand has to have a certain amount of moisture to it, enough for it to stick together. The initial shock, then scare of pretty much being buried alive and then the weight of this wet sand............... damn. I can't think about it anymore.

I read in another article it was over 3 feet down and 6 feet long.

 

When we were kids we were having a clam bake and we dug a huge hole on the beach at night. One of our group was in it and it collapsed , we managed to get him out thank Goodness.

 

Digging large holes like that on a beach has been a known hazard for as long as I recall. This was not your average hole these kids were digging , it was a tunnel to boot , it was a pretty big project. You're not talking a hole just big enough to sit or stand in waist high that your average child would dig . I am a bit surprised nobody stopped the 2 boys ( aged 10 and 12) from digging an over 3 foot deep 6 foot long tunnel on a beach in the middle of the day. I would picture kids pulling that off when not supervised.

 

Very tragic , my heart goes out to all involved and affected.