7-Year-Old Boy Drowns in Apartment Pool
Father leaves boy in the pool to go to the restroom.
A Sunday afternoon outing at an apartment pool complex in south Forsyth County turns tragic following the drowning of a 7-year-old boy. The incident happened around 3:01 p.m. at a pool in the Centennial Apartments in the Windermere subdivision located at 3100 Preston Pointe Way off Highway 20, according to the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office. Stephon Alston of Cumming had apparently been playing at the pool when his father left the area to go to the restroom to wipe off his face after he had been pushed into the pool. When he came back, he saw his son’s swimsuit at the bottom of the pool and realized that his son was not resurfacing. The father jumped in and pulled his son out of an area of the pool that is three to five feet deep, …
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Stephen alston
7:39 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
I know the father very well, and his pain is more than you can ever imagine. he would do anything to have a son back. if you were not there then you would never understand. judgement will not heal this man nor his family. so pray for the peace and strength more ›