Holy shit. That sucks.

[crash_davis 23122]

https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/9226637/girls-intestines-sucked-from-body/

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Salma ended up accidentally sitting on the pool's suction valve and the force was so strong that it tore her intestines from her body before anyone had a chance to pull her away.

Salma recalled: “I was just swimming all of a sudden, I just sat on it by accident.

"I know the lifeguard tried to pull me out and he couldn't because the suction was so much.

“My dad tried to pull me out. And then I know a couple of people finally were able to get me out, and when I was taken out, it was so traumatic.”

As she was wearing a red swimming costume, Salma's mum Dena thought that her daughter's small intestines were just torn swimsuit.

“I found someone carrying her and all her intestines came out from her body, I couldn’t believe that it was intestine I thought at the beginning it was her swimming suit," she said.

 

[Trey3216 15380]

[gyroprotagonist 2595]

i thought that was just a horror story they tell you to get you to buy the 'upgraded' non-intestine sucking pool valve.  

[Uncle Nate 2097]

Mental note:  don't swim in Egyptian swimming pools.

 

[clapclapclap 9000]

Yeah, if they don't clean that pool properly you could get Salmanella.

Edit:  To the person at the Sun that comes up with the link names, what exactly about this story is 'fabulous'?

Edited June 5, 2019 by clapclapclap

[Orange&White 5539]

It was definitely the ou of swimming pools.

[Dennis Taylor 18897]

first thing I saw was the word "Salma" and i was afraid something happened to these

 

[Trey3216 15380]

10 minutes ago, Dennis Taylor said:

first thing I saw was the word "Salma" and i was afraid something happened to these

 

Would (suction every inch of her) 

[4thgenhorn 38]

Pools can be a pain in the ass. 

[LonghornJones 837]

11 minutes ago, 4thgenhorn said:

Pools can be a pain in the ass. 

Lets stop derailing this thread from Salma.

[Zepol87 9198]

Damn I didn't know this was a real thing

 

[phdhorn 6224]

This actually happens a lot.  I've been to pools where they warn you of the suction thingy and to stay off of it, or you can lose your lunch - the wrong way.

[phdhorn 6224]

I bet she hasn't got the guts to try it again.

[Judge Roybeanbag 11822]

She shoulda tightened her Sphinxter.

[dingleberryswitzer 2724]

Sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen.  Jesus . 

[RPM 26382]

[Uncle Nate 2097]

8 minutes ago, RPM said:

/THREAD

Drop the mic & shut it down.

[SquishMitten 10453]

[Catpfish 618]

This is why new pools have more than one drain.  The pressure is spread over a larger area and a lot less dangerous.

[Brisketexan 105490]

50 minutes ago, dingleberryswitzer said:

Sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen.  Jesus . 

It's been litigated here in the US.   Former presidential candidate John Edwards made millions litigating pool drain cases.

https://www.apnews.com/72a065aa1faecbc1caea413889b7621e

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) _ A girl who was disemboweled when her bottom became pinned to the drain of a kiddie pool will receive $30.9 million under a settlement announced Tuesday.

 

Most of Valerie Lakey’s small and large intestines were sucked out in the 1993 accident, and the girl, now 9, must spend at least 11 hours a day being fed intravenously.

 

A state jury Monday awarded the family $25 million in compensatory damages, the biggest personal-injury verdict in North Carolina history. The jury was to begin deciding whether to award punitive damages when the maker of the drain cover, Sta-Rite Industries of Delavan, Wis., agreed to a settlement.

 

[Zepol87 9198]

2 hours ago, Dennis Taylor said:

first thing I saw was the word "Salma" and i was afraid something happened to these

 

I would do my best to wreck her intestines

[Paper_jam 838]

With so much negative pressure from incidents like this, the bottom is going to drop out of the pool industry.

 

[Deej 77012]

3 hours ago, phdhorn said:

This actually happens a lot.  I've been to pools where they warn you of the suction thingy and to stay off of it, or you can lose your lunch - the wrong way.

Once you get out, just turn your bidet on to max pressure and push everything back in.

[Underdog 28843]

8 hours ago, Uncle Nate said:

Mental note:  don't swim in Egyptian swimming pools.

 

IOW, don’t swim like an Egyptian. 

[HenryJames 66230]

5 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

Most of Valerie Lakey’s small and large intestines were sucked out in the 1993 accident, and the girl, now 9, must spend at least 11 hours a day being fed intravenously.

She sounds fat.

[luke duke 6420]

This is why new pools have more than one drain.  The pressure is spread over a larger area and a lot less dangerous.

You know how I know that you’re not a mechanical engineer?

[Catpfish 618]

Maybe clumsily worded, but


Dual main drains (required for all newly constructed residential swimming pools and spas) consist of two separate main drains, placed a minimum of 3' apart, which are connected by piping to a tee fitting. This design allows the drains to be far enough apart that one person could not block both drains simultaneously. If one drain is blocked, the suction is able to shift to the second drain allowing swimmer to swim both freely and safely.

[Homercles 10206]