On this date in Minnesota History: June 29

June 29, 2007 – Six-year-old Abigail Taylor lost 6.5 meters (21 feet) of her small intestine in an accident in the wading pool at the Minneapolis Golf Club in St. Louis Park, Minn., leaving her with short bowel syndrome. Abigail “accidentally fell on the open drain of the pool and her buttocks were sucked into the aperture. The suction dislodged a large section of her small intestine which was forcefully drawn out through the anus, a phenomenon known as transanal evisceration.  Her injury and eventual death led to new federal legislation in the United States to improve the safety of swimming pools.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Abigail_Taylor

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=25429273

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