Irish, It bothers me tremendously!!!! I am a firm believer in "you watch my back-I'll watch yours". I can not understand how those people could just stand there and let that child float away to death. It matters not that he was autistic, they had no way of knowing that when he was in the pool..... he was a living-breathing-human being,,,, a child who had never wronged any of them in his sweet life. I assure you, had I been there I would've been in that pool doing whatever I could. I pray that the people in that crowd never lose a child due to the 'non-actions' of another.

When my youngest was 4 years old we where in Washington, DC. I thought my husband had her, he thought I did... auggggg, she wandered off, not a good place to lose a kid, a lady in the crowd saw the panic on my face and helped us look for her. Out of the hundred or so people there she was the only one. My darling girl had simply gotten tired & had gone to sit on the steps, as my husband raced down the stairs to get to the park ranger at the bottom she said "Hi Daddy". She was hugged, then lectured, then hugged again, And this lady was hugged and thanked over & over for her help. (she cryed with me when we found my baby) There are angels in disguise living among us.

Thanks for sharing Irish. I hope more people will be brave enough or strong enough to get involved in the future to help out a fellow human being.

*huggggs* Teddy