Drowning at Disney Resort Pool

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Nancy Heizer, 58, of Colorado Springs, was pronounced dead Thursday night after another guest noticed her floating motionless in a swimming pool at the Coronado Springs Resort, the Orange County Sheriff's Office said.

Guests, including a registered nurse from Maine, tried to resuscitate the victim. Cathryn Paolucci, the nurse, used an Automated External Defibrillator provided by Disney employees but was unable to restart the woman's heart, records show.

Heizer arrived Sunday for a weeklong stay to attend a conference of the U.S. Figure Skating Association, records show. Heizer worked for the skating association.

Henry Pierson Curtis, Kelly Griffith, Gary Taylor, April Hunt, Claudia Zequeira and Pedro Ruz Gutierrez of the Sentinel staff contributed to this report.

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[typhoonguy]

That's terrible news. Condolences (sp?) to that woman's family.

 

[steviej]

that is so horrible. It looks bad for disney being that someone just died on mission space not too long ago. But obviously it's worse for that woman's family and friends. R.I.P. Nancy Heizer

 

[MommytoMJM]

That stinks... I actually know who she is... I follow skating....

 

[darthjohnny]

It's amazing, so many deaths in the last year....

 

[ballewclan]

Thats horrible...I wonder how it happened?

 

[SirNim]

Quite unfortunate...

And quite unfortunate timing...

 

[Micca]

So sad. I know it brings bad pub to WDW, but when you have 100,000+ people on property any given day, all sorts of life events are bound to happen.

 

[Hakunamatata]

This is tragic.

I am sure it will spur some "Are Disneys pools safe?" discussions.

 

[PhotoDave219]

Gee, Where's Super Agent Drew Rosenhaus when you need him?

 

[Mad Stitch]

My condolences to the family. Where were the lifeguard(s)? I can’t believe something like this happened with the strict training program the lifeguards are put through. I have a feeling we do not have the full story.

 

[peter11435]

My condolences to the family. Where were the lifeguard(s)? I can’t believe something like this happened with the strict training program the lifeguards are put through. I have a feeling we do not have the full story.

The article said it happened Thursday night. I would bet that the incident took place during the night after the pool was closed. Thus there were no life guards on duty.

 

[Hakunamatata]

My condolences to the family. Where were the lifeguard(s)? I can’t believe something like this happened with the strict training program the lifeguards are put through. I have a feeling we do not have the full story.

Lifeguards are not on duty 24/7.

 

[jmvd20]

My condolences to the family. Where were the lifeguard(s)? I can’t believe something like this happened with the strict training program the lifeguards are put through. I have a feeling we do not have the full story.

My sympathies are with the persons family and friends, this is not an easy time for them.

As to your post, the fact of the matter is people have a tendancy to not live forever. While this is very unfortunate it is a fact of life that we all must deal with. Things happen in this world that are tragic and sad. But why must someone always be at fault when such instances occurr? Why do we always have to blame someone or something when these things happen?

 

[MickeyTigg]

This is tragic.

I am sure it will spur some "Are Disneys pools safe?" discussions.

Tragic indeed.

If we follow the logic from the anti-M:S discussions, we should be seeing a big push for replacing the pools with wading pools because Disney pools are way too dangerous.

:lookaroun

 

[jmvd20]

Tragic indeed.

If we follow the logic from the anti-M:S discussions, we should be seeing a big push for replacing the pools with wading pools because Disney pools are way too dangerous.

:lookaroun

Eliminating the pools would be the best way to go, you can still drown in a wading pool :hammer:

 

[TiggerBW]

Gee, Where's Super Agent Drew Rosenhaus when you need him?

ha ha

But seriously, I feel so bad for her family. Thoughts and prayers to her family.

 

[Kadee]

That is such horrible news.

If you really think about it, it's probably not that more things are happening at WDW now, it's that the media has gotten so big and on top of things, that just about everything is reported. Twenty years ago, we didn't have so many ways of getting the news (no internet, not nearly as many news channels, etc). There may be a few more incidences than 20-40 years ago because of the increased numbers, but I think most of it has to do with more things are being reported.

 

[Ivan72]

The article said it happened Thursday night. I would bet that the incident took place during the night after the pool was closed. Thus there were no life guards on duty.

As I recall only the main pools are guarded at moderate resorts. Or as you mentioned, it could have been after hours. At AKL the guards announce at 10:00 pm that they are going off duty and the pool will be unguarded. But it's still open, albeit with no water slide.

Bottom line is that it's very sad. But with the sheer numbers of people on WDW property, just by percentages life happens and with it tragedies on occasion as well.

 

[tigsmom]

Lifeguards are not on duty 24/7.

And even if they were they may not have been able to help. I see no report of an autopsy, she may have had a massive stroke or heart attack, dove in and broke her neck, etc.

Just because it happened on WDW properety does not make it WDW's fault.