Their grandmother, who has Alzheimer’s, leaves the door open and the twin toddlers drown. Rest in peace.
Nothing breaks my heart more than a young person dying. This family’s hearts broke so much when they paid a huge price for a small mistake. Read on to find out more about this terrible event.
Little boys and girls, 18 months old, drowned in their family’s pool at home because their Alzheimer’s-stricken great-grandmother left the door open.
The family lives in Oklahoma City. That’s where Jenny Callazzo, the mother, found her 18-month-old twins Locklyn and Loreli at the bottom of their family pool.
When their mother found them, both twins were out of it. Both kids had been pronounced dead two hours after they were found. Callazzo is a mom who stays at home and runs a store.
She lives in the $565,000 house where her kids and other family members drowned. Her grandmother, her six children, and her husband Sonny are all in her family. Her husband works in marketing and is 42 years old.
A family member told the news that Callazzo’s grandmother has dementia and left the back door open. The twin toddlers saw that the door was open and sneaked out without being seen.
The police are looking into it, but they don’t think any wrongdoing played a part in the deaths of these young people.
When local news outlets flew over the house, they saw a murky pool with green algae on it, which is where the twins are thought to have drowned. Callazzo, who is 37 years old, posted a picture of her toddlers outside a few days before the terrible accident. She wrote, “Just want to play outside.”
Neighbors remember the scary moment they saw the upset mother in the back of an ambulance while paramedics tried to save her children.
People have set up a GoFundMe account to help the family pay for medical bills and other costs related to the death.
“We lost these sweet babies too soon.” Help with costs would be greatly appreciated if you could give anything. “Thank you all for your love and support,” the GoFundMe page’s description read.
Head of Injury Prevention for Trauma at OU Health, Laura Gamino, said she hopes parents know how dangerous water can be for kids.
She said, “Anything can happen in an instant.”
“Toddlers won’t be able to help themselves get out of water because they are drawn to it…… “Drowning happens quickly and quietly,” she said.
“People think that a child will be having trouble in the water and screaming, but they can’t because their mouth is full of water.” One of the scariest things about it is how quiet it is.
People who take care of children should build fences around their pools that are at least 4 feet high and have gates so that little kids can’t get in.
It breaks my heart to read this story. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family as they deal with this terrible loss. Please pray with us for the family as they go through this hard time.
