Boy Dies From Secondary Drowning In South Carolina

June 6 2008 - A 10 year old boy named Johnny Jackson has died just hours after leaving a swimming pool in his apartment complex in Goose Creek, and it is believed he died from secondary drowning.
He died several hours after exiting the pool, thus the theory is that he died from secondary drowning from taking in too much water while he was in the pool swimming.
According to the county coroner, Jackson died with water in his lungs resulting in his death via "asphyxiation by drowning."
Speaking with ABC news, his mother Cassandra Jackson said that her son seemed to be fine: "He seemed to be fine," she said. "I noticed nothing out of the ordinary, other than him taking a little bit of water in and coughing and then calming down."
"I rolled him over and his body was very limp and I realized he'd soiled himself again and was very purplish-blue looking," Jackson tells the network. "His
tongue was really swollen, too."
Jonny was reportedly autistic, but this in no shape or form contributed to his death.
His mother says that all mothers should check their children when they come out of the water after swimming: "Please check them when they get out of the pool. Just watch them like a hawk," she told a newspaper. "It tears me up inside. It's a heck of a sacrifice, but if this will help someone else, then it's all worth it."