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== Background== |
== Background== |
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| − | Nine-year-old [[Isabel Grace Franks]] died at a Lincoln City, [[Oregon]], beach in August 2014, when a hole she was digging in the sand caved in and buried her |
+ | Nine-year-old [[Isabel Grace Franks]] died at a Lincoln City, [[Oregon]], beach in August 2014, when a hole she was digging in the sand caved in and buried her. Sand hole collapse kills nine-year-old. http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/31/us/oregon-beach-collapse/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 |
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| − | ==Insights on a tragic death at the beach== |
+ | ==Insights on a tragic death at the [[beach]]== |
"We heard screaming," Tracey Dudley, who was staying at a nearby hotel, told CNN affiliate KATU. "At first we thought, you know, it was just kids. But it was like screaming and screaming and screaming." |
"We heard screaming," Tracey Dudley, who was staying at a nearby hotel, told CNN affiliate KATU. "At first we thought, you know, it was just kids. But it was like screaming and screaming and screaming." |
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Before the emergency workers arrived, beachgoers had frantically tried to dig her out, but the sand kept collapsing back into the hole, Eskridge said. |
Before the emergency workers arrived, beachgoers had frantically tried to dig her out, but the sand kept collapsing back into the hole, Eskridge said. |
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| − | That's a common problem when someone gets buried at the beach, [[Tom Gill]] of the [[United States Lifesaving Association]] said Sunday. |
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| + | * The hole containing Franks was big enough for a crouching adult to fit in, witnesses told KATU. |
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| − | "Once the sand starts collapsing, digging out becomes a technical rescue," Gill said. "It's difficult because the sand keeps collapsing back into the hole, and the more people gathering around, the more difficult it is." |
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| − | "It's not unusual for kids to build holes and sandcastles in the sand, but a lot of people don't understand it can collapse," Eskridge said. "It's difficult for people to understand how hard it is to get people out." |
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| − | Dry sand weighs 100 pounds per square foot, and wet sand weights 120 pounds per square foot, according to a 2004 study from the Mayo Clinic, entitled "Accidental Burials in Sand: A Potentially Fatal Summertime Hazard." |
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| − | "Dry sand burial can totally engulf and compress a person... with no air pocket for breathing," the report said. |
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| − | "Depending on the age and strength of the child, just 1 foot of sand may overwhelm respiratory and diaphragmatic force," |
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| + | * [[Beach]] |
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| − | But according to the Mayo study, airway obstruction is an even bigger concern than sand stifling lung and diaphragm expansion. |
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Latest revision as of 20:12, 31 August 2014
Background
Nine-year-old Isabel Grace Franks died at a Lincoln City, Oregon, beach in August 2014, when a hole she was digging in the sand caved in and buried her. Sand hole collapse kills nine-year-old. http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/31/us/oregon-beach-collapse/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
Insights on a tragic death at the beach
"We heard screaming," Tracey Dudley, who was staying at a nearby hotel, told CNN affiliate KATU. "At first we thought, you know, it was just kids. But it was like screaming and screaming and screaming."
"Her and her siblings were digging a big hole in the sand," Lincoln City police Sgt. Brian Eskridge said. "She was sitting inside, and the hole collapsed. We believe she was under the sand around five minutes."
Franks, her family and friends were visiting the beach from Sandy, Oregon.
Police and firefighters dug her out. She was unconscious and not breathing. Emergency crews performed CPR on her and transported her to a hospital, where she was declared dead.
Mourners left flowers, candles and notes near where she died.
Before the emergency workers arrived, beachgoers had frantically tried to dig her out, but the sand kept collapsing back into the hole, Eskridge said.
Details
- The hole containing Franks was big enough for a crouching adult to fit in, witnesses told KATU.