BODY OF MISSING BOY FOUND.

BY: Melissa Gidish
“Body of missing boy found.” 2010-10-19 –News 24.com
This article is about a 9 year old young boy that was found dead in a stream in Eldorado Park, Johannesburg on Monday morning. The boy went missing while playing with a friend near the Klipspruit river crossing in Eldorado Park's Extension 9 at about 18:00 on Sunday. Police spokesperson Nana Radebe says: "We want to send out a strong message that streams are not designated areas for swimming. There is a swimming pool nearby." http://www.news24.com/Content/SouthAfrica/News/1059/53cb66e08c5043f89965e4784242ca3a/19-10-2009-10-43/Body_of_missing_boy_found
There is a swimming pool nearby." I found this to be a pointless and insensitive article. The fact that a young boy’s body was found after a drowning incident should not be seen so lightly and should not be blamed on the fact that he was swimming in a river. The fact that Nana Radebe exclaimed that there was a swimming pool nearby is insensitive and besides the point of what actually happened to the boy.
What about the family of the young boy? Nowhere in the article do they mention why the boy was there alone with a friend, they could have perhaps expanded on the fact that the young boy was alone at the stream with another young friend. Perhaps a case of neglect could be looked into.
I find this article to be somewhat pointless and not exactly news worthy however harsh that may sound. There are so many other cases in which children have drowned in a swimming pool at home yet Nana Radebe suggests that if the child was in the swimming pool nearby that he would have been safe and that nothing would have happened to him.