3 year old girl dies from fall in Anaheim...

[Goofy_Disney_Dad]

It appears to have been removed. Ironic since the next post talks about their words being deleted. I wonder if something else had been deleted previously that I didn't even see to respond to?

Oh well.

At the end of the day, my heart still breaks for the family and I just wish them whatever tiny bits of peace and good memories they can get.

I saw that post earlier this morning as well as your complete exchange. It's definitely been removed.

 

[cleverclovers]

My deepest sympathies for the family.
No criticism for the family. Just a reminder that little ones have to be watched constantly. They can get into trouble so quickly.

 

[Ladygoldenhair]

Tween we were kids, fitting through the iron rails was a game. But, it was on ground level. How horrible. I just well up when I read of tragic car accidents related to Disney or CM deaths. Prayers for the family.

 

[TLSnell1981]

This is so tragic. It's absolutely heartbreaking.

OMG Her poor parents. How do you ever get over that?

You never get over the loss of a child.

It is a tragedy and heartbreaking and could not imagine what the parents must be feeling right now but do not think it is the totally the hotel's fault. We were just in Copenhagen and I was shocked that on a multi-story hotel the outside windows actually opened with no screens. That would not fly here but maybe people take personal responsibility to a different degree over there.

MJ

I once commented on the railing for a platform at the Bastei. The response was something like, "it would be irresponsible to go near or lean over the railing. If someone falls, they are stupid."

 

[SoarinSC]

This is so horrible. My deepest sympathies to the family.

 

[mummabear]

That poor family.

 

[kidneymomma]

I believe all Embassy Suites are like that we stayed at one in Chicago and it was the same way. How tragic. Many prayers for the family; I can't imagine what they are going through right now.

 

[danny1649]

Absolutely tragic and sad event. I say we leave blame,judgments,lawsuits,codes, out of our replies. I will offer a prayer for child and family.

 

[luvdisneyland]

Absolutely tragic and sad event. I say we leave blame,judgments,lawsuits,codes, out of our replies. I will offer a prayer for child and family.

Yes, we don't know what happened. So unbelievably sad! I can't even imagine the pain that family is in.

 

[Bluegrrl]

Really, what's the takeaway on this happening? Prevention and supervision in hotels by parents. That's all, right? Lets not blame anybody, lets just all take the lesson that had this child been truly supervised, this wouldn't have happened. Also, hotel doors have horrible doorknobs that are very easy to open (the lever type bar take all of two seconds for my 3yr old to open). Bring your own doorknob fastener - they make ones for lever doors and for regular knobs. I have them all the time. I'm not saying to helicopter our kids every second of every day - I can't do that! - just be more aware. Simple rules (I tell my DS before we go outside that we are going to hold hands till we get to the car, and that he must "walk like a gentleman and not like a fool" when we are out in public. It works!) will help things.

Prevention - holding hands while in those areas and truly locking the doors. That's the real lesson and takeaway from all this sadness, and if we are all made just a little more aware by this, that can bring some good out of it.

 

[gtpoohbear]

Such a tragic accident. I think anytime something terrible like this happens, it is human nature to start looking for a concrete "reason", and that ultimately leads to blame. It makes us feel better, because as long as we can pinpoint a preventable cause, we can feel certain "it would never happen to me".

But the reality is that life is simply full of risks. We do what we can to minimize these risks every day, but every once in a while, you just get unlucky. It wouldn't take more than 30 seconds for a child to slip away and get into trouble. And how many of us parents can honestly say that none of our children were ever out of our sight for even 30 seconds?? Fortunately, the deck is generally stacked in our favor because of a multitude of safety precautions that society has put in place, but it is never full-proof, and tragedies like this accident will, unfortunately, never be non-existent.

Not to say that there aren't real cases of neglect and negligence (and to those I say punish them mightily), but too often I think the finger is pointed when there was nothing unusual going on with the parents. Nothing that the rest of us don't do as well. But we don't want to feel like it is even possible for us to end up in that situation, so clearly those parents must be different, and worse somehow.

All we can do is cherish the time we have, try to make the best possible decisions for our kids, and hope that we never end up on the wrong side of probability.

 

[Four Swampers]

Such a tragic accident. I think anytime something terrible like this happens, it is human nature to start looking for a concrete "reason", and that ultimately leads to blame. It makes us feel better, because as long as we can pinpoint a preventable cause, we can feel certain "it would never happen to me".

But the reality is that life is simply full of risks. We do what we can to minimize these risks every day, but every once in a while, you just get unlucky. It wouldn't take more than 30 seconds for a child to slip away and get into trouble. And how many of us parents can honestly say that none of our children were ever out of our sight for even 30 seconds?? Fortunately, the deck is generally stacked in our favor because of a multitude of safety precautions that society has put in place, but it is never full-proof, and tragedies like this accident will, unfortunately, never be non-existent.

Not to say that there aren't real cases of neglect and negligence (and to those I say punish them mightily), but too often I think the finger is pointed when there was nothing unusual going on with the parents. Nothing that the rest of us don't do as well. But we don't want to feel like it is even possible for us to end up in that situation, so clearly those parents must be different, and worse somehow.

All we can do is cherish the time we have, try to make the best possible decisions for our kids, and hope that we never end up on the wrong side of probability.

This is the wisest post ever on the DIS. Thank-you.

 

[Mandi0572]

Absolutely horrible. I pray for the family of that sweet little angel.

 

[Pixiepam]

I'm so sorry for everyone, including the hotel staff.

 

[tippity]

What a horrible experience. I can't imaging having to cope with this.

 

[ronandannette]

Such a tragic accident. I think anytime something terrible like this happens, it is human nature to start looking for a concrete "reason", and that ultimately leads to blame. It makes us feel better, because as long as we can pinpoint a preventable cause, we can feel certain "it would never happen to me".

But the reality is that life is simply full of risks. We do what we can to minimize these risks every day, but every once in a while, you just get unlucky. It wouldn't take more than 30 seconds for a child to slip away and get into trouble. And how many of us parents can honestly say that none of our children were ever out of our sight for even 30 seconds?? Fortunately, the deck is generally stacked in our favor because of a multitude of safety precautions that society has put in place, but it is never full-proof, and tragedies like this accident will, unfortunately, never be non-existent.

Not to say that there aren't real cases of neglect and negligence (and to those I say punish them mightily), but too often I think the finger is pointed when there was nothing unusual going on with the parents. Nothing that the rest of us don't do as well. But we don't want to feel like it is even possible for us to end up in that situation, so clearly those parents must be different, and worse somehow.

All we can do is cherish the time we have, try to make the best possible decisions for our kids, and hope that we never end up on the wrong side of probability.

Close friends tragically lost their child a month ago. He drowned while at a lake-side birthday party 20 minutes after it began. We are grieving with his parents but my heart absolutely breaks for the host family. My blood runs cold thinking of all the times I was responsible for somebody else's child during DS's growing up years, and how any one of countless calamities could have befallen us at any time. What a nightmare for everyone involved.