On This Date in Minnesota History: March 20

March 20, 2008 – Six-year-old Abigail Taylor died of injuries accidently sustained when she was partially disemboweled by the suction from a wading pool drain at the Minneapolis Golf Club in St. Louis Park, Minn. “Her accident partially resulted in the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act named after another young girl who drowned after being pinned by a pool drain.”¹

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

¹http://voices.yahoo.com/swimming-pool-victim-abigail-taylor-1312009.html?cat=8

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

Abigail Taylor

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RIP Abby

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