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[Omaha Steve]

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[FredGarvin]

1. Why post this?

Not cool

[twodogsbarking]

3. I understand where you are coming from. Maybe it will help others. That's the best I can do. Sadness beyond all.

[Omaha Steve]

4. Deleteing because it is over 12 hours old

My mistake. Not taking it down because of your comment.

[GiqueCee]

2. The ice on that pond...

... is obviously nowhere near frozen enough to support the weight of even one small child; it's too transparent. Up here in Vermont, we know ice. They should never have been allowed anywhere near the damned pond.
I grieve for the parents. I know what it's like to suddenly lose a child, never mind three of them. That's horrible.