The CPSC said it believes there have been nine deaths of children between 22 months old and 3 years old after the kids gained access to the pools through footholds created by the pools’ compression straps. The children’s deaths occurred between 2007 and 2022 in California, Florida, Michigan, Missouri, Texas and Wisconsin.
I was wondering how the strap could kill children, as it took my attention away from the pool filled with water
I was also confused and realized toddlers were using the straps to get into the pool when it should be designed to prevent that on ladder removal.
This is a design flaw and got rightfully recalled. Toddlers are little drunken suicide machines. Even during a family gathering they’ll run away going from 0-100 in no time flat. Hide around the corner and climb into the pool because they climb everything.
Terrible lives were lost on this.