A three-year-old boy who was playing on a sea wall at a fishing port in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, died after falling into the sea on Sunday.
According to police, the incident occurred at around 6 p.m., Sankei Shimbun reported. The boy’s family placed an emergency call to 119 saying their child had “fallen into the sea” from atop a sea wall at Tomari port.
The boy, Ryoma Haga, who lived with his family in Kesennuma City, was pulled out of the water by his family and taken to the hospital where he died two hours later.
Police said Ryoma had come to the port to fish and play with his family and relatives. At the time, the water depth where he fell was over one meter.
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Disillusioned
Toddlers and water are a dangerous mix. You can't take your eyes off them for a second. I could go on to stating he was too young to be playing on a seawall, but that's only my opinion.
UK9393
We’ve evolved to the point where we have appendages at the end of our arms that can keep the young out of harm, just need the capacity to engage said apparatus.
Steven Fennel
The poor boys family were negligent, totally avoidable if supervised properly.
smithinjapan
Geez... how many times, and how many summers, do we have to read about all these preventable deaths? Where do people here learn parenting?
Ah_so
The water was only a metre deep so if the child had been watched and supervised, an adult could have rescued him as soon as he fell.
Watching a child non-stop is difficult and clearly the parents did not realise the dangers. A very sad and preventable death.
Giveme_abreak
This says everything. Young Japanese parents tends to be inattentive when they get acquainted with their friends or relatives, especially when they started chatting.
David Reinertson
I'm very sorry for the thoughtless comments of those who did not experience this great loss.
We should each pray for the safety of those we love, near and far.