“ of the approximately 750 children who will drown next year, about 375 of them will do so within 25 yards of a parent or other adult. In ten percent of those drownings, the adult will actually watch them do it, having no idea it is happening. ”
—Mario Vittone, describing the CDC stats in an article titled Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning.
(link via Daring Fireball)