CandaceM23 Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 http://www.nbc4.com/health/13626625/detail.html?dl=mainclick MINNEAPOLIS -- A 6-year-old girl from Edina, Minn., survived after sitting over an open drain in a wading pool and having most of her small intestine sucked out of her body. Abigail Taylor sat over an open drain hole in a wading pool at the Minneapolis Golf Club last Friday. According to a posting by her family on the Caring Bridge Web site, the drain's powerful suction tore out part of her intestinal tract. (The posting had been removed from the site as of this writing.) According to WCCO-TV in Minneapolis, the girl's father, Scott Taylor, said the suction from the uncovered drain ripped a two-inch tear in her rectum and "basically disemboweled her by pulling out her small intestine, almost all of it." Abigail now has a permanent colostomy and will have to be fed intravenously for the rest of her life. The Consumer Products Safety Commission says "the suction from a pool drain can be so powerful that it can hold an adult under water, but most entrapment incidents involve children." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rincewind Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 :puke: .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Die Hard Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 I'm going to assume that the entire large intestine was pulled out as well.... considering the rectum is attached to the large intestine and would probably be the first part to come out... That's still sad though. I can't even begin to imagine what she went through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinInsite Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 That sucked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACW Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 That sucked. :doh: :doh: :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zguy28 Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Oh my gosh. I'm getting chills just thinking about it. This supposedly happened back in the 70's when I was a kid. These things were supposed to have been fixed I though since then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsOrlando Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Read this earlier today, terrible thing to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpillian Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Well, that's pretty much the most horrible thing I've ever heard. That's it, I'm not letting my kids out of their bedrooms, let alone the house, ever again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Seriously, after reading that i got a little light headed just thinking about how painful that would be. Yuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DjTj Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Wow, this sounds exactly the same as John Edwards's last big case before running for the Senate: The defining case in Edwards' legal career wrapped up that same year. In 1993, a five-year-old girl named Valerie Lakey had been playing in a Wake County, N.C., wading pool when she became caught in an uncovered drain so forcefully that the suction pulled out most of her intestines. She survived but for the rest of her life will need to be hooked up to feeding tubes for 12 hours each night. Edwards filed suit on the Lakeys' behalf against Sta-Rite Industries, the Wisconsin corporation that manufactured the drain. Attorneys describe his handling of the case as a virtuoso example of a trial layer bringing a negligent corporation to heel. Sta-Rite offered the Lakeys $100,000 to settle the case. Edwards passed. Before trial, he discovered that 12 other children had suffered similar injuries from Sta-Rite drains. The company raised its offer to $1.25 million. Two weeks into the trial, they upped the figure to $8.5 million. Edwards declined the offer and asked for their insurance policy limit of $22.5 million. The day before the trial resumed from Christmas break, Sta-Rite countered with $17.5 million. Again, Edwards said no. On January 10, 1997, lawyers from across the state packed the courtroom to hear Edwards' closing argument, "the most impressive legal performance I have ever seen," recalls Dayton. Three days later, the jury found Sta-Rite guilty and liable for $25 million in economic damages (by state law, punitive damages could have tripled that amount). The company immediately settled for $25 million, the largest verdict in state history. For their part, Edwards and Kirby earned the Association of Trial Lawyers of America's national award for public service. http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2001/0110.green.html I wonder if it's the same kind of drain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zguy28 Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Wow, this sounds exactly the same as John Edwards's last big case before running for the Senate:The defining case in Edwards' legal career wrapped up that same year. In 1993, a five-year-old girl named Valerie Lakey had been playing in a Wake County, N.C., wading pool when she became caught in an uncovered drain so forcefully that the suction pulled out most of her intestines. She survived but for the rest of her life will need to be hooked up to feeding tubes for 12 hours each night. Edwards filed suit on the Lakeys' behalf against Sta-Rite Industries, the Wisconsin corporation that manufactured the drain. Attorneys describe his handling of the case as a virtuoso example of a trial layer bringing a negligent corporation to heel. Sta-Rite offered the Lakeys $100,000 to settle the case. Edwards passed. Before trial, he discovered that 12 other children had suffered similar injuries from Sta-Rite drains. The company raised its offer to $1.25 million. Two weeks into the trial, they upped the figure to $8.5 million. Edwards declined the offer and asked for their insurance policy limit of $22.5 million. The day before the trial resumed from Christmas break, Sta-Rite countered with $17.5 million. Again, Edwards said no. On January 10, 1997, lawyers from across the state packed the courtroom to hear Edwards' closing argument, "the most impressive legal performance I have ever seen," recalls Dayton. Three days later, the jury found Sta-Rite guilty and liable for $25 million in economic damages (by state law, punitive damages could have tripled that amount). The company immediately settled for $25 million, the largest verdict in state history. For their part, Edwards and Kirby earned the Association of Trial Lawyers of America's national award for public service. http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2001/0110.green.html I wonder if it's the same kind of drain. Wow. How many lives ruined? :doh: :mad::mad::mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 this is wrong on so many levels... but there was a story I read a few years ago by the author of Fight Club. It's called Guts. I never actually thought that this could happen in real life. When he was on a book tour, he would read this story to his audience and it was garaunteed that at least 5 people would pass out as he read the story. It's actually a short story in a book of many shorts he released. Not sure what the book is called. DO NOT read this if you have a weak stomach... and morals. Guts by Chuck Palahniuk |www.seizureandy.com/stuff/guts.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosperity Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 i really wish i never opened this thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predicto Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Wow. How many lives ruined? :doh: :mad::mad::mad: I agree. I wonder how many other children had their lives ruined by this irresponsible company. ps - I know that is not what you meant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeSkin Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Christ, first the girl at Six Flags now this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headexplode Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 this is wrong on so many levels... but there was a story I read a few years ago by the author of Fight Club. It's called Guts. I never actually thought that this could happen in real life.When he was on a book tour, he would read this story to his audience and it was garaunteed that at least 5 people would pass out as he read the story. It's actually a short story in a book of many shorts he released. Not sure what the book is called. DO NOT read this if you have a weak stomach... and morals. Guts by Chuck Palahniuk |www.seizureandy.com/stuff/guts.html Read this story a while back--it's from a collection of short stories called "Haunted." The fictional story was hilarious-this story is not, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrockster21 Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 i really wish i never opened this thread I'm right there with you. :puke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick86L Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 my nuts started to hurt while reading this :puke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Sounds like a short story by Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk that was published in Playboy a few years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enter Apotheosis Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 :puke:.... Quoted for empha- :puke: -sis :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slacky McSlackAss Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 That sucked. :laugh: I was already going to hell for laughing at that girl who got her feet severed at six flags, so i might as well laugh at this. I know, im a horrible person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartacus87 Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Sounds like a short story by Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk that was published in Playboy a few years ago. Looks like someone just jumped straight into the thread without reading the other posts :this is wrong on so many levels... but there was a story I read a few years ago by the author of Fight Club. It's called Guts. I never actually thought that this could happen in real life.When he was on a book tour, he would read this story to his audience and it was garaunteed that at least 5 people would pass out as he read the story. It's actually a short story in a book of many shorts he released. Not sure what the book is called. DO NOT read this if you have a weak stomach... and morals. Guts by Chuck Palahniuk |www.seizureandy.com/stuff/guts.html please don't ban me. This is probably one of the worst things I've heard in a very long time. Not only must that single event been extremely traumatic as it happened, but to permanently damage the girl to the point where she can't even live a normal, healthy life anymore....wow. I thought I had heard it with the Six Flags story, but this one tops that even. Just horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulane Skins Fan Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Wow, this sounds exactly the same as John Edwards's last big case before running for the Senate:The defining case in Edwards' legal career wrapped up that same year. In 1993, a five-year-old girl named Valerie Lakey had been playing in a Wake County, N.C., wading pool when she became caught in an uncovered drain so forcefully that the suction pulled out most of her intestines. She survived but for the rest of her life will need to be hooked up to feeding tubes for 12 hours each night. Edwards filed suit on the Lakeys' behalf against Sta-Rite Industries, the Wisconsin corporation that manufactured the drain. Attorneys describe his handling of the case as a virtuoso example of a trial layer bringing a negligent corporation to heel. Sta-Rite offered the Lakeys $100,000 to settle the case. Edwards passed. Before trial, he discovered that 12 other children had suffered similar injuries from Sta-Rite drains. The company raised its offer to $1.25 million. Two weeks into the trial, they upped the figure to $8.5 million. Edwards declined the offer and asked for their insurance policy limit of $22.5 million. The day before the trial resumed from Christmas break, Sta-Rite countered with $17.5 million. Again, Edwards said no. On January 10, 1997, lawyers from across the state packed the courtroom to hear Edwards' closing argument, "the most impressive legal performance I have ever seen," recalls Dayton. Three days later, the jury found Sta-Rite guilty and liable for $25 million in economic damages (by state law, punitive damages could have tripled that amount). The company immediately settled for $25 million, the largest verdict in state history. For their part, Edwards and Kirby earned the Association of Trial Lawyers of America's national award for public service. http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2001/0110.green.html I wonder if it's the same kind of drain. yea, don't know if its the same, but it really does sound identical. If it is the same, it just goes to show that these corrupt lawyers are putting hard working businesses out of business.... or not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgun88 Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Jesus......I dont wanna hear about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinfan2k Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 this type of stuff makes me think the girl wishes she died instead of living thru this misery for the rest of her life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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