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The tragic incident took place in South Carolina when 10-year-old Johnny Jackson drowned about an hour after swimming in a pool. From msnbc.com: On Sunday, Cassandra Jackson had taken her son, Johnny, to a pool near their home in Goose Creek, S.C. It was the first time he’d ever gone swimming — and, tragically, it would be his last. At some point during his swim, Johnny got some water in his lungs. He didn’t show any immediate signs of respiratory distress, but the boy had an accident in the pool and soiled himself. Still, Johnny, his sister and their mother walked home together. “We physically walked home. He walked with me,” Jackson said, still trying to understand how her son could have died. “I bathed him, and he told me that he was sleepy.” Later, she went into his room to check on him. “I walked over to the bed, and his face was literally covered with this spongy white material,” she
