As one of the parents, I thought my wife was watching her and she thought that I was watching her. The pool does not allow any life jackets are flotation devices for any age. They will turn you away. Swimming lessons are not started until the age of 4 in Leavenworth. Those two things are something we would like to change.

The parents were negligent and should have been watching their kids. How can you let a two year old out of your sight at the pool? That is aweful! No lifejacket either! That mom should be investigated by Child Protective Services. Clearly she is irresponsible.

For those still interested in this story, I am Linda Johnson, the lady who found the girl floating at that bottom of the pool last Fri. Perhaps if I explain what happened, maybe then you can have a better understand that no one was negligible of the responsibilities. I was wading from one shading spot in the pool to another. I had to navigate through a maze of children, most of them were eight to twelve years old. I was in the middle of a group of kids, when I felt something at my feet. It was this small girl, floating like a piece of water-logged driftwood at the very bottom of the pool. Her eyes were open and fixed; her mouth open and her arms swayed lifelessly in the water. I honestly believed she was already dead. I grabbed her up and began to scream for help, rushing over toward the first lifeguard I saw. The one actually at that "station" was just behind me, and normally there isn't even a lifeguard on duty at that exact spot anyway, so I didn't even think to look for one there. Blair, as I now know her name, saw me coming toward her, and reached out for the child as I lifted her out of the pool. She did go to work on her immediately, as I looked on in complete shock and horror. All I could do was cry and whisper "Jesus..." over and over. I then saw the child cough up water and then I knew she was at least alive! The water was very cloudy that day, and to make matter worse, the girls swimsuit was multiple shades of blue-to-light blue, making it blend in perfectly with the pool's blue floor. The ONLY way the situation could have been avoided is if someone had actually seen the girl go into the water, and considering that takes less than a millisecond, in my opinion no one can be blamed. Life guards don't have eyes in the back of their heads as far as I know. Neither do I blame the parents. Kids get away from time to time even before they have all the protective gear; and the mother was looking for the girl what else could she have done?

Let's give a pat on the back to the person that discovered this little one on the bottom of the pool. If she hadn't found her, CPR wouldn't have been done as quickly.

A little girl was saved! I would rather read about a little girl being saved then a lifegard not doing their job. Great job to the lifegard! On another note. Anyone that says they never let their children out of their sight is lying. It only takes a second for one child to ask you a question or fall down or who knows what and your other child could be out of sight in a matter of seconds. It happens. Does it make you a bad parent? NO! You CANNOT keep your eyes on your children 24/7, no matter how hard you try, its just not possible.

Capone, what a miserable unhappy existance you must lead that you can't see the 'feel-good' part of this article. For all you people that are high on your horse saying everyone and their dog should have been watching out for this child, if you'd come down off your pedastle, to the real world with the rest of us, you'd know that ACCIDENTS HAPPEN. That's why they're called ACCIDENTS. no parent is perfect, no lifeguard is perfect, and no matter how hard any of us might try (including you), we're not going to be perfect. Despite our best efforts, accidents will continue to happen and thank God we have people like this lifeguard to help fix them if and when they do. So unless you happen to be the PERFECT, then you don't have a leg to stand on to comment either.

Capone, what a miserable unhappy existance you must lead that you can't see the 'feel-good' part of this article. For all you people that are high on your horse saying everyone and their dog should have been watching out for this child, if you'd come down off your pedastle, to the real world with the rest of us, you'd know that ACCIDENTS HAPPEN. That's why they're called ACCIDENTS. no parent is perfect, no lifeguard is perfect, and no matter how hard any of us might try (including you), we're not going to be perfect. Despite our best efforts, accidents will continue to happen and thank God we have people like this lifeguard to help fix them if and when they do. So unless you happen to be the PERFECT, then you don't have a leg to stand on to comment either.

Like said earlier, the child was in a different part of the pool, there was another lifeguard that was not paying attention,where the child was drowing, the women decided to bring the child to an alert lifeguard, not one that was not paying attention. So you may want to know all facts before you jump to conclusions

First of all, the parents should have been watching their own child! We never take our eyes off of our boys when we take them to a pool, EVER! They are now 11 and 12 and we still go with them to a pool. They both had swimming lessons starting at age 4. Teach your children to swim and don't take your eyes off of them at a pool. Taking 4 small children to a pool with 900 people is irresponsible. Buy a kiddie pool and stay at home with them!

Amen, Charlotte2. At my waterpark there would be days where we would get 1000+ people through the door by 1:00, the main pool would have people standing shoulder to shoulder. I remember one day where we had 15 rescues in an hour. The lifeguards had to climb into the pool instead of jump because they were afraid of jumping onto people. I don't care how busy you are, you don't miss a drowning kid. Kudos to the guard for being able to revive the little girl, but it shouldn't have gotten that far. I think what angers me about this is how light-hearted this lifeguard seems to be taking the situation. Maybe its just her being uncomfortable in front of the camera, but I hope thier supervisor took this situation seriously and this staff turns this into a learning expierience. Until you work at a waterpark, I don't think you have any idea about the depth of this situation. I know nothing about this pool and lifeguard, but based on what was reported, it should not have gotten this far. As a former aquatic employee, this is not a feel-good article by any means. Sorry to offend anyone, but really, if you haven't worked in a waterpark, I don't think you have a leg to stand on to comment.