Family’s tragedy prompts pool-safety act in Legislature
A grieving mother hopes something positive can come from her family’s tragedy — improved, statewide regulations for fencing and gates around public and quasi-public swimming pools to prevent children drowning.
“I never want anyone to feel the way I feel,” Lea Montjoy said. “I can’t have my son back, but anything we can do ….”
William Lee Montjoy, 3, of Diamondhead drowned Sept. 25, 2010, at the Pass Christian Yacht Club pool. Authorities said he wandered away from a group of children that afternoon and fell into the pool. That same weekend, another toddler in Jackson County awoke before his parents, got outside and drowned in a pool at the house. Drowning is the second-leading cause of deaths for children in the U.S., on average 1,000 a year.
Sun Herald
4/15/12
