"Incredibly fast and incredibly devious" "DiePresse.com

In a television interview with the American TV show Today, former American skier Bode Miller and his wife, Morgan Beck, evoked the tragic death of their granddaughter Emeline, who arrived in the United States on 9 June. The neighbor 's pool had fallen and died shortly after the accident. She was only 19 months old

"I can now confirm by first hand that it's incredibly fast and incredibly sneaky," says Miller, visibly moved. "You think it's a weird circumstance or something weird and it's not, it just happens in a jiffy."

Waking the Other Parents

The interview should be a call to all parents. "so that does not happen to others," Miller says. "No parent should feel what we feel," says his pregnant wife in tears. The couple is expecting their third child in October.

It is important to tell both of them what "normal day" was when the accident occurred. Miller drove to his softball match with his 10-year-old daughter, who comes from a previous relationship, and Beck, as often with Emeline, visited his neighbors. "They are like family for us," says Beck.

"It was normal, we were sitting on the couch and she was playing in front of us, I was drinking my tea, the boys were playing in the room next door and I was playing I'm still going-and-so -At a certain moment, he was suddenly too quiet for me … ", describes Beck before noticing the misfortune.The 31-year-old man stood up in the middle of the conversation, went to see the boys and asked him where was "Emmy." At that moment, she discovered the crack in the garden door.When she opened the door, she saw her daughter float in the pool.

The worst, it's the fault

"I jumped into the pool, I pulled it and the neighbors alerted the ambulance," recounts she. "A child under 15 pounds can drown in 30 seconds, I counted in my head to 30. That's all I needed." Bode Miller had also been on the phone and had to listen bluntly "how the doctors fought for the lives of the little ones". After a brief glimmer of hope, the little girl died a day later in the hospital. "There is not a day when I do not pray to come back to this day and do it differently," Beck says.

That "drowning is the number one killer in children one to four years old" I did not know the couple. "I did all the research with my kids, but the subject has never been discussed, not once," Miller says. A few days ago, Morgan Beck reprimanded other parents in an emotional message on Instagram to monitor their children on the water.

The worst was guilt. "Guilt is a very painful thing, I hope and pray and pray for it to be easier," said the mother in mourning. Not only will she never see her "daughter" again, but the pregnant woman also doubts, in her own words, to bring another child to the world – one that "little Emeline was waiting for." "Emmy a Bode Miller and the beach volleyball player have been married since 2012. Before Emeline's death, the two had announced that they were going to share their third. Expect a child, they already have a three year old son.

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