yes, in our particular situation, zachary became entrapped in the pool drain. his arm became stuck and that s because the cover of the pool drain fell off. and you didn t know exactly where the emergency switch was. i think the lesson here was, you were home? yes. and still could do nothing to save him. right. now you have made it your life mission to make sure that this does not happen to any other child. i just want to show a picture of another child who was put into one of these drains and what the suction can do. three grown adults cannot get children off these drains, right? that s right. the new drains now do what? the new drains have anti-entrapment drain covers. that s what s new. and so i want to convey to parents, of course, with it being memorial day weekend and it s so important to be safe
thursday evening. reporter: good timing. obviously we had to scramble and look at drain covers installed in our pool. fortunately we were able to track down lots of information that was able to confirm only four of all of our facilities were impacted. reporter: for kiddie pools had to be shut down in dee dee? correct, just the kiddie pools. all the facilities are open. some of the larger facilities that have kiddie pools next to them, four out of the seven had to be shut down. reporter: explain what is going on. drain covers are an issue. people can be sucked down by suction at bottom of the pool. people can be injured, some of them have died. most of them kids. they tried to fix the problem, but the fix wasn t very good, was it? congress passed a law in 2007, virginia graham baker law. that required installation of new drain covers to prevent what you described, prevent anyone from being trapped at bottom of the a pool. d.c. parks and recreation we replaced all of our dr
memorial day weekend means the beginning of pool season in neighborhood across the country, before you jump in, you have to hear this. the government says thousands of public swimming pools should remain closed until they replace potentially deadly drain covers. alison kosik has the details. the kind of news no one wants to hear on a government weekend. but the government is advising public swimming pools not to open this weekend because of a massive recall. 1 million drain covers were recalled. they have up to 5,000 pounds of vacuum force and that s why they need these covers so swimmers don t get trapped under water by that suction. it doesn t sound like a big deal, but it can be. the consumer product safety commission or cpsc says it caused a dozen deaths between 1999 and 2010. some of the recalled drain co r covers were not rated correctly.
memorial day weekend means the beginning of pool season in neighborhoods all over the country but before you jump in the pool, you got to hear this. the government says thousands of public swimming pools should stay closed until they replace potentially deadly drain covers. reporter: it s the kind of news no one wants to hear on a holiday weekend but the government is advising thousands of public swimming pools not to open this weekend because of a massive recall. 1 million pool drain covers were recalled a few days ago. pool drains have 500 pounds of vacuum force and that s why they need drain covers so swimmers don t get trapped underwater by suction. the consumer product safety commissioner cpsc says it caused a dozen deaths between 1999 and 2010. some of the recalled drain covers weren t rated correctly
wants to hear on a holiday weekend. the government is advising thousands of public swimming pools not to open this weekend because of a massive recall. one million pool drain covers were recalled a few days ago. pool drains have up to 500 pounds of vacuum force. that s why they need these drain covers so swimmers don t get trapped under water by the suction. it doesn t sound like a big deal, but it really can be. the cpsc says it caused a dozen deaths between 1999 and 2010. of of the recalled drain covers weren t rated correctly so they may not protect you. kids are most at risk which is why the cpsc is urging public kiddie pools and wading pools to respond immediately to the recall. in-ground spas are also at risk. the faulty covers have to be replaced or retrofitted. it could be an issue if you have a pool in your back yard, too. if you re a private pool owner, you can get more information at