Boo_Boo Loc: Jellystone

While the adults swim to save their own hide, the boys are left to drown..... Well, parenting has changed....

http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/10/us/car-plunges-into-port-of-los-angeles/index.html

(CNN)—A firefighter is being called a "hero" for trying to rescue two boys trapped inside a car that plunged into the Port of Los Angeles.

Police don't know why the car veered off Berth 73 at the Port of Los Angeles on Thursday, but when emergency crews arrived, two adults were swimming on the surface. The car was submerged in about 30 feet of water. The two boys were trapped inside.

Rescue crews tried to save them, but unfortunately one child pulled from the car, a 13-year-old boy, died at a local hospital. Another 8-year-old boy is reported in "grave condition." The adults -- believed to be the boys' parents - were pulled from the water in fair condition.

Almost 100 Los Angeles Fire Department personnel and divers were involved in the rescue operation -- including four LAFD fireboats.

Los Angeles City Councilman Joe Buscaino singled out one firefighter as a hero.

MrEd Loc: Georgia

It's pretty sad when parents just swim off and let their children to fend for themselves. They should have thrown them back in with a block tied around their feet.........

Boo_Boo Loc: Jellystone

I have raised a fair amount of children. I would have and still will do wh**ever it takes to keep them safe. But, these parents.... I guess they expected someone else to give up their lives to save their children. Does this not put emphasis on how America's morals have changed?



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PoppaGringo Loc: Muslim City, Mexifornia, B.R.

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She Wolf Loc: Currently Georgia

I can not relate to leaving the children. I would have drown before leaving my children.

I hope I'm just being a grumpy old lady but perhaps this wasn't an accident. After the Susan Smith case, one wonders. I hope LAPD will do a complete investigation into why this car ended up in the water.

Boo_Boo Loc: Jellystone

You are not being grumpy, the same thought went through my mind. Then my mother instincts says that no parent could abandon their children to die such a horrible death unless then have no heart or soul.... I too hope that there is an investigation.



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PoppaGringo Loc: Muslim City, Mexifornia, B.R.

The circumstances beg for an investigation.