6-year-old boy drowns in pool at Liberty Lake Day Camp in New Jersey

An investigation is underway after a 6-year-old boy drowned in a pool at a camp in Mansfield Twp., New Jersey.

[@user-fc2xk3uv8y]

normalizing children being harmed and/or dying in places where they should be taken care of is one of the worst things this country has ever done.

[@Mintz-rg3ke]

They don’t normalize that. Get your facts right before commenting some horseshit about the camp.

[@Gorillamangt]

@@Mintz-rg3kei got to the camp and let me just say, the main councilors we’re taking this very seriously and was very depressing for everyone, on the other hand, THEY CLOSED THE SHALOW POOL FOR “respect” BRO IT STILL FUNCTIONAL JUST LET US USE IT BRO

[@UQRXD]

How awful. How could this happen? I would have a few questions for the life guards. That place should of been shut down pending an investigation!!

[@C_Grosso]

Yea continue camp after a boy just drowned in your pool

[@Alex-om9tw]

People paid good money to send their kids there, not only that it might further traumatize the kids and make the parents have to explain what happened.

[@AliciaMonay-tn6qo]

Yes this is not the first time somebody drowned in Jersey I’m from jersey look up there is more abt this

[@KarlaJammin]

That's a shame. They move on with life as if nothing happened

[@Relentless_Venture]

It's america get use to it

[@Heardminnie5]

Yup I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't done on purpose he is a black kid n a white area. You cannot count out race in today society you just can't. It's sad

[@Relentless_Venture]

@@Heardminnie5 white or black. We all have the same brain matter in the classroom......

[@Heardminnie5]

@@Relentless_Venture I hear you but you just can't put that to aside. I do hear you n yes I agree

[@Heardminnie5]

That's because they are heartless broken walking of the living dead type people that's not walking with God they friends with the devil only the devil move without care

[@lamontwilliams2165]

I was their and people were wondering what happend and stuff until everybody at the camp knew about god bless he’s parents rip the boy

[@iangames4916]

Same

[@Gelblasterentertainment]

@@iangames4916 same

[@fflubadubb]

They need to question everyone who was in that shallow end of the pool at the time. Get to the bottom of it !

[@pennylane8318]

Prayers for the parents.🙏

[@deloresboudreaux2755]

Not a day off to investigate what happened and why ? Terrible. !!!!

[@Alex-om9tw]

@@deloresboudreaux2755 they can investigate while people are still there, I’m sure they did

[@Sev-W]

Yeah I was wondering what was happening when I saw an ambulance in the background at my second elective

[@Xcw804]

Yall are getting mad for something that could have happened anywhere I’ve been at that camp they deeply care about those kids the fact you are all judging it by accident is crazy if you were on that zoom call you would have heard that the boy was in special needs and probably had some medical issues for breathing.

[@franchyzemuzik]

If the boy was special needs that would make it more egregious that he was left unsupervised. There’s a difference between an accident and gross neglect.

[@Xcw804]

I’m not trying to say that it wasn’t a gross neglect. All special needs children have there own staff to watch them what I’m trying to say is to not blame Andy for the accident for all he knew was he had trusted a kid’s life with a adult and when that adult is not able to do their job correctly it leads to this what I’m saying is that don’t blame something on one person for something that at the time was out of his reach

[@Xcw804]

If your going to complain that there still open it’s perfectly normal for that and I send hopes and prayers for the family

[@Alex-om9tw]

@@franchyzemuzikdoesn’t mean you get to blame the whole camp

[@jeremyfromthebay84]

​@Alex-om9tw Actually the entire camp does need to be blamed. At a bare minimum they should have closed for several days to address any potential training issues that contributed to this senseless death. Several people failed this child. And I'm honestly shocked that any parent would send their child to that camp the following day. I could not with a clear conscious trust them with my child after something so negligent. And they behaved as if it was completely routine. Disgusting.

[@phillywizkidz]

It can all be prevented instead of having all in pool , have an desinated area (kid pool) where just children from certain age swim have lifeguards on duty. Then older kids have there seperate spot lifeguards on duty.

[@Alex-om9tw]

No, they come in the same age groups, freshman was there, it is spread out tho

[@phillywizkidz]

@@Alex-om9tw Thats the problem.dont have all in same pool no matter what you think is spread out . Its more sense smaller younger children in one area visa versa ..problem is solved gives lifeguards to react then the way it is now .

[@Alex-om9tw]

@@phillywizkidz I said “it is spread out tho” they need to pass a band test to go to the other area, while some can they are only 6-7 years old they aren’t great swimmers usually

[@phillywizkidz]

@@Alex-om9tw If you know that age group are not good swimmers then allow them in an area that they can be good in.either way chqnges need to be address ASAP that something like this NEVER happens again.

[@Alex-om9tw]

@@phillywizkidz they were in the shallow area dawg

[@swiftie_editz_13]

My friend was at this camp and she saw the ambulance came but she didn’t see the drowning

[@A__Mina]

Camp was open the next day. Shut them down!

[@Taniere]

I just wrote a review on their Google page. We need to do something. This is sick!!

[@Alex-om9tw]

@@Taniere that’s wrong? Holy shit i don’t understand why people think it’s ok to slander business for making mistakes no matter how big or small. At the end of the day the employees, company and owner must make money. Don’t blame the camp for that, blame the society we live in

[@kwootamuckbear9294]

All those other people in the pool didn’t recognize the boy was having trouble 🤔 How close were they to him🤔 And, we know lifeguards aren’t really there to do nothing more than make money to sit there and play on their phones. It is what it is…Why did the first report not mention he was black or show a photo🤔

[@Alex-om9tw]

Are you a lifegaurd? I’m assuming not because of how little you about the job, we cannot have our phones, we are trained to help keep everyone safe, we are not focusing on one individual person, and I’m not saying that it isn’t the lifeguards in duties fault, what about the aid that was supposed to be there. The boy snuck into the deep end of the pool and hit his head. That is how he drowned. Just because someone makes a mistake that can happen to anyone. You can’t blame the whole staff. It was a tragic event that I’m sad to say we had to witness.

[@Alex-om9tw]

It also doesn’t matter whether he’s black or not, we all drown the same

[@lioneljackson7097]

What was the lifeguards doing you have to be on lookout kids don't know how dangerous water is it's just look fun to them

[@allthingsgood2653]

All the parents SHOULD have withdrew their children! But it was a black child… If I was the mother I would get my own autopsy.

[@jeremyfromthebay84]

Those parents are crazy af. I wouldn't dare send my child there. I wouldn't even be able to focus on anything knowing that my kid was at that place.

[@Annette818]

This camp should be shut down!

[@ABSG7]

Too many people in the pool, life guards not paying close attention.

[@Adamdaj]

My condolences to the boy's family and friends. We all asked God what is the to take child home. Of course, no one is really totally satisfied with the Answer, God has a special purpose for young man and his family. Lifeguards have a stressful job without playing the blame game card, so I wouldn't want add more stress and frustration to those Lifeguards on duty. However, I would wonder why they didn't the Buddy System or where was the camp counselor or staff member who should kept a watchful eye on that young man. Again pray the Boy's family so they can keep his presence alive.

[@h91rex100]

A special purpose? Such as? Also, even if that were true, and God took the boy for a special purpose, why do via drowning? Why not peacefully take him when he's asleep instead of having his last moments be filled with terror as he's desperately gasping for air, and possibly traumatizing nearby children seeing him floating in the water? Only a sociopath would actively choose to go that route instead of the first option of taking him while he slept.

[@Alex-om9tw]

why does everyone make this a race thing, he snuck into the deep end of the pool, notice how no one is in that area of the pool? Yes his aide should’ve been there it’s not just one specific persons fault and no matter what skin color he could’ve been it would’ve happened the EXACT same way EVERY time

[@user-gc9kg6ew7r]

Maybe start with taking cell phones away from lifeguards.

[@gamer_joshuaofficial]

the camp doesn’t allow cell phones

[@Mintz-rg3ke]

Like the other commenter stated, the camp doesn’t allow cellphones. The lifeguards were and are attentive at all times during the day when having campers and staff in the pool.

[@Alex-om9tw]

They weren’t on their phone dawg

[@Alex-om9tw]

Blud believes in ufos💀

[@Taniere]

​@@Mintz-rg3keif they ARE attentive how did this kid drown?

[@kjshakurrn]

they should have closed the camp, very disrespectful to carry on like business as usual.....BLM