It Could Happen To You: Shocking Swimming Pool Accident 

That’s one of my hard, fast rules for our pool.

or a quarry.

@r j...This also happened to me when I was 11, I was at my grandparents pool at their apartment complex and I was playing with my group of friends I had there and well, one of my friends(obviously playing)pushed me into the pool, pushing me by my lower back and most of my body landed in the pool, for except my shoulders and head, so my head whiplashed back and cracked my head slightly open on the pool border which was made of tiny rocks and cement, I blanked out for about 10 seconds(from what I was told)and the pool was full of blood from my injury and I had to get stitches, however, I was very lucky(just like your son)that I wasn´t paralyzed or died for that matter. I hope your son was ok and well after his pool accident.

@@ps6474 I mean I get that it was an “accident” but at the same time you can’t do something dangerous and then be surprised when someone gets hurt. It’s like pointing a gun at someone, pulling the trigger and saying “oh I didn’t know that person would get shot”

@@abbigailcarr2725 Well yes, you are correct, one does have to be careful when playing around like in this case and possibly think of the consequences it could lead to terrible accidents. As much as I realized my friend was only horsing around I did think my accident could have been prevented and to think that day, the lifeguard was not there at that particular moment. When I think back to it from time to time, I do think...if only he wouldn´t have pushed me. As an adult now, whenever I see kids or others pushing others in pools, it makes me nervous. Although I was okay from my accident, I do occasionally get(for about the past 10 years)a deja vu like feeling/an aura which a doctor said, chances are the blow to my head is what´s causing this.

Tiffani Danielle again? think of all the people you could have paralyzed ._.

Ever again especially without their knowledge

@@mathiyanz never had friends? it's a common thing we friends do, ya know.. PLAYFULLY.

I never will either and I'm going to inform others not to. And STAY AWAY FROM THE DRAINS/SUCTIONS 😥 Go check out "Salam Bashir" she was 5 when she got stuck by a uncovered suction and now she needs 5 organs!! please donate everyone if you are able even a $1 will help her!

@@katherinerosemore274 Okay I'll playfully shoot my friend in the foot cuz ha ha

hi. could you elaborate more on the mobility by staying inside the water? the women in the video mentioned the same thing…if they were to be stabilized in the water, they could still have the chance to walk?

@@hazelnuteyes The problem with removing someone from the water is you are putting more pressure on different areas, possibly causing even more damage. You need a professional who knows what they are doing to stabilize while they are in the water and remove them only when it's safe. It's not guaranteed that they won't be paralyzed after but it give them better odds. It's the same with not moving someone if they get into a car accident unless you absolutely need to, you could move them in such a way to cause even more damage if you don't know what you're doing.

Wow! Thanks for sharing! That's an uplifting story and now I know what to do

i feel really bad for her friend too. she did't mean this to happen

As they should.

@@sarahissa2109 Regardless they're responsible. If she has died it would be manslaughter. You just don't do that to ppl.

@@CosmoQueen2900 But you *do* do that to people. I’ve been pushed into pools and I’ve pushed people into pools because it’s all in good fun and the chances of this happening are so slim. I won’t do it though because a guy at my high school paralyzed himself when he jumped into a pool head first but still this stuff happens you just don’t think it’ll be you because of how small the chances are

@@brodypenn I never pushed anyone in a pool. Not just because they can get hurt but what if they have their phone on them? It isn't fun. I hate getting pushed in pools and have gotten in one fight because of it, I'm not even a fighter. That was the first time I threw a punch and I didn't get punched back because the asshole knew he was in the wrong. I suppose you think this is a "harmless prank"

Ikr

+Helen Vivas Same

+Ben Cokeley SAME

+laura In other interviews she talked about her friend, and the friend was truly devastated. Rachelle has said that it took a long time for her to convince her friend that it was an accident, because honestly it's something that everyone has witnessed at some point or another, a friend pushing a friend into the pool. It was an accident. Could you imagine how bad Rachelle would feel if that friend committed suicide like the other comments are suggesting? Horrible. Accidents happen. Plus, even Rachelle admitted they shouldn't have moved her, it's possible they did permanent damage because she insisted on being moved, we really don't know, and can't know. (Yes she was paralyzed upon impact, but sometimes it's partial and can heal, if you stabilize the person.) She's happy, and working on a family, and I hope that the friend who pushed her is okay, too.

@@janedoe8829-- It wasn't an accident. An accident would be if her friend happened to bump into her as the friend walked by and Rachelle fell into the pool. This person deliberately pushed her into the pool. I'm sure the friend wasn't trying to paralyze Rachelle, but her idiotic and deliberate act caused it.

i thought The samr

I know

As she should.

@@kikak6004 it was an accident.

@@robinmccoy1411 Au contraire! Reckless horseplay.

Aww that's so sad i feel bad for him 😢

I thought she was gonna say her husband left her

One of my mom’s friends dove into the river from a big cliff in Tennessee(where we’re from) and he hit the bottom and became paralyzed from the neck down. He was only 17. My mom became an RN and ended up being his home health nurse. She would take me with her sometimes bc he loved company and would talk your ear off😂 He was a really nice person and would always talk to me about how dangerous water can be and to never dive or jump into water that you don’t know how deep it is. He would tell that to everybody he met. He was always so worried that the same thing that happened to him would happen to somebody else. He’s passed away now but I’ll definitely never forget him and the lessons he taught me as a kid❤️

I’m so sorry about your sister’s friend. I just prayed for him to the one and only Almighty Physician God Jehova,Jesus Christ. God bless you!!🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

I once broke someone's nose and couldn't be happy for months, I don't know what I would do if I was the friend. I feel bad for her. she didn't mean it.

+rachel Bitches are to sensitive these days

+xJemiki you're acting like paralyzingly someone from the chest down isn't a big deal.

God forbid I was the cause of taking away someone's ability to walk again. I would do everything I can to take care of them myself. I will walk for them anywhere she needs me to go. And if she no longer want me in her life, I will grant her that wish but show remorse.

Someone crippled me, broke my leg. Spent two weeks in. Trauma hospital 🏥 and they skip three life like nothing happened 🤷‍♀️ ppl are evil 👿 and if I did that and that was the outcome I’d probably end it no 💩

you have to understand, not everyone is build for that kind of responsibility. if someone leaves a significant other after an ordeal like that..that would be much better than staying and eventually resenting that person. at least they know themselves well enough to know that they wouldn't be able to handle it. it has nothing to do with lack of compasion or heart. if anything it's knowledge of self. there's power in letting go of someone in the hoped that that person might find someone better to love and take care of them.

+Rose Kerr well said.

+Rose Kerr Yeah but it's very clear very early on that he isn't like that and yet she keeps pushing through and acting like its a strange thing. I would be confused if I were him about what she was trying to imply, my love could be lost over legs?

I know, right

Well it isn't just about walking, a lot of intimate stuff can no longer be done, dancing will never happen again, possible problems with bathroom-issues, so diapers or people that need to get help with getting substances taken out every day. Especially superficial people that didn't *really* want to marry in the first place would defineately not go through with the marriage. I'm curently single, I wouldn't be able to give you my opinion on whether I would (it's been 6 years since I was dumped, I've forgotten what human love means and married my artwork instead) but knowing you'll spend your life, possibly caring for the one you love in your 'free' time, is a big thing. I don't want to put anyone down that's in a wheelchair, or paralyzed, but in some relationships it totally works well and in others (superficial people, underlying frictions and pre-existing troubles, whatever) it doesn't.

What ^

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My husband could walk with pool therapy but not outside the pool …… God is still AWESOME 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

when you said he wouldnt let his buddies move him, if they did, could he still have the mobility he has now? bc in the video rachel mentioned the same thing…she sd smtg about she should have stayed in the water. can you elaborate more?

Exactly!

Me too,I feel soooo bad for her friend

jocelyn arbogast same

omg seriously

Erin McAllister she probably does...she could have killed her friend i would to

Erin McAllister This is what she has said about it since. "'(My friend) had a really really hard time but its getting better,' she wrote. 'I think it helps when I tell her about the good things that have come out of this. It was not hard to forgive because it was an accident."'

+PinoyPrincess7 well its not like her friend meant to do so she deserves forgiveness

+Melly241000 she does deserve to be forgiven, I just said I don't think I'd be able to though, if it were me.

PinoyPrincess7 yes that would be hard to come by

I'm sure my friends and I have all done the same thing to each other in our lives. But after seeing this, let me state, I will never ever do it again ! Not only was the friend not doing it on purpose but for this young woman's own sake, holding on to resentment or anger about the friend would only make herself unhappy. know what I mean..

Unforgiveness is a harmful thing. Forgiveness isn't for the other person, it's for yourself, so u don't become bitter and resentful.

Agreed, while I bet the friend feels horrible, Rachel's life has been completely changed. She didn't get to walk down the isle at her wedding and may never be able to have children (on her own without someone else to carry the baby) not to mention she went from an able bodied woman into a paralyzed young woman who will now depend on someone else for the rest of her life.

+Sophie Her suffering is obvious. People just trying to point out the not-so-obvious.

@@BruceWayneofCamelot No it is not. *Parts* of her suffering are obvious. Don't presume to know so much about life changing injuries. It is hurtful at best and disgusting at worst.

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She didn't dive she got pushed

+Elizabeth Dunne she went in head first.... it's like diving...

+Ocean it isn't her fault when someone pushes you in you can't control it

+Ocean Yes, but it was a pushing accident, which is different. There was no thought process to dive when it said not to.

Mikyla Smith totally agree

I disagree. It's facing reality and may be helpful to someone else in a similar situation. Real life is not always sweet. There can be bumps in the road.

I think if she can handle getting pushed into the pool on her wedding night and becoming paralyzed, she can handle an interviewer’s question.

It depends on the context of the question “asking how did you live with with this” doesn’t necessarily mean “how do you live to be alive now that your disabled” they meant “how did you live with it” with overcoming it, the recovery, building back up, about learning and developing and growing through a loss or accident. Im sorry but the question its self Isn’t the problem- its the people who takes them out of context thats the problem…

Yes I agree I think she needed to be briefed on what questions are too personal. My niece was burned in a fire all her legs the worst burns. She had some rough teenage years until she met a special guy. Today they have a home business and two wonderful children. My niece was much like this girl resilient, hard not to love ♥

Yup

for sure... How terrible

They were probably all drunk too

They deserve to feel shitty, you aren't supposed to act that way around a pool

@@Whoknows688 Most people have pushed someone in a pool before.

Well that's just stupid.

@@FLdancer00 Totally Agree. That's why she's doing such a great thing making people become aware of safety God bless her.

@@FLdancer00 yeah you probably made stupid decisions as a child too but go ahead keep projecting

thewilliamjrful well that's a little harsh, her friend didn't mean to hurt her. Have you never been joking around with your friends? Accidents happen, I'm sure she feels bad enough

+thewilliamjrful thats so rude. her friend did not mean to hurt her.

+thewilliamjrful rude her friend wasn't trying to hurt her

+thewilliamjrful Well, it was an accident. You're being too harsh.

@@thewilliamjrful that's so mean to say you fucking idiot, just because an accident happened doesnt mean she should be suffering from depression, she is okay! Shes not dead! She just can feel her legs like be happy she survived

I was gonna comment that 😂

Traumatized. And she probably lost a close friend because of it. I wonder if she was even invited to the wedding

omg same!!! like I feel so bad that she cannot walk, and god bless her. But her friend too, I mean... the guilt!

Yeah my friend was being ruff and my other friend had go home with a bleeding nose

My friend got me part deaf in on ear

She should feel terrible.

What happened if you don't mind me asking?

PinoyPrincess7 Here's an article on what basically happened: abcnews.go.com/US/bride-paralyzed-freak-bachelorette-party-accident/story?id=12163284.

Jordin Thomson I'm sure she does feel terrible, but it clearly was an accident. Either way though, she does have to live with this for the rest of her life.

no

I know! Idk how you could live with that guilt. Poor thing.

so close to commenting that thidwheel

+Azure Alliance reported as spam

As she should.

Yay thank you!

Yes she is!

Exactly, im not a perv btw

+Ali Erens simsek2002 lol

+Ali Erens simsek2002 calling someone pretty doesn't make you a prev lol where did you get that idea

I was just thinking that

Probably moved far, far away.

they stayed friends for a couple more years but then rachel cut off their friendship bc she felt like she wasn’t getting the full support she needed from the friend that pushed her

yea

I doubt she hates the friend that pushed her in as she said it was lightly but she went head first so she dosnt blame her friend

+Aisha Lyder they are probably still friends

+Aisha Lyder They are still friends and Rachelle doesn't blame her or resent her, at least thats what she states outwardly. I've seen many other interviews with her and she's addressed it.

I know! She also did an AMA on reddit and she talked about a lot of things, but I think this was the top question/comment, or at least one of them. She really does seem like a fantastic person and she is trying to use her situation in a positive way. She is great!

+Lea Hathaway thank you!! Unfortunately me and the girl are no longer friends because she did some things to me since then that really hurt me emotionally

+Rachelle Friedman Chapman I'm so sorry to hear that, listen Hun just don't worry about it karma will get her...

lol

+M&S why, that's just so stupid.

+M&S thats so stupid wtf

Swimming is fun. Accidents happen, with or without water. Don't miss out on swimming

Now I'm scared I haven't heard what happens yet

+mrs. Boston HOLY NUT BUSTERS MOM IS THAT YOU?

Cat The Dog lol xD

Eighth not seventh

You almost drowned?? drowning means you were lifeless

I drowned when I was younger yes DROWNED not nearly but yes I died then doctors brought me back to life it's possible.

If you say "drowned" that means your life was taken away, you can't drown multiple times just once. I'm not trying to hurt your feelings or anything I'm just saying so you know :)

+Susan Self not really

+Tori Izag not really??

My ex-wife hit me with a door and gave this black guy a black eye. She was also crying, but I think it was from happiness😀