KSTP.com - Drainage system tears out girl's intestines in St. Louis Park
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A six-year-old Edina girl has been hospitalized after a horrific accident at a swimming pool.
Abigail Taylor was severely injured Tuesday when she sat over an open drain hole in a wading pool at the Minneapolis Golf Club. According to a posting by her family on the Caring Bridge Web site, the drain's powerful suction tore out part of her intestinal tract, and a surgeon told the family that part of her intestines had been lost.
The posting, which has since been taking down, said it's a "medical miracle" that Taylor is still alive.
Taylor is listed in serious condition at Children's Hospital in Minneapolis. Bob Bennett, an attorney representing the family, told the St. Paul Pioneer Press she was conscious and able to speak late Tuesday but that she faces a series of surgeries with uncertain results.
Bennett alleged that the swimming pool's drain hole was improperly uncovered. An official at the golf club expressed sympathy for the family and said he didn't think anything was wrong with the pool, but referred questions to the club's attorney, who declined to comment.
(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A six-year-old Edina girl has been hospitalized after a horrific accident at a swimming pool.
Abigail Taylor was severely injured Tuesday when she sat over an open drain hole in a wading pool at the Minneapolis Golf Club. According to a posting by her family on the Caring Bridge Web site, the drain's powerful suction tore out part of her intestinal tract, and a surgeon told the family that part of her intestines had been lost.
The posting, which has since been taking down, said it's a "medical miracle" that Taylor is still alive.
Taylor is listed in serious condition at Children's Hospital in Minneapolis. Bob Bennett, an attorney representing the family, told the St. Paul Pioneer Press she was conscious and able to speak late Tuesday but that she faces a series of surgeries with uncertain results.
Bennett alleged that the swimming pool's drain hole was improperly uncovered. An official at the golf club expressed sympathy for the family and said he didn't think anything was wrong with the pool, but referred questions to the club's attorney, who declined to comment.
(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)