Public commenter recounts daughter's drowning, cites 1,428 child deaths in state

A public commenter recounted the death of her daughter and said, "From my daughter's death, there has been 1,428 children that have suffered the loss of drowning in our state alone since my daughter passed away," calling the toll "one too many."

The commenter framed the count as a human tragedy rather than a statistic, saying, "we all talk about these different statistics and these numbers, but they're lives," and stressing that daily remembrance continues: "Not a day goes by ... Time heals, but it doesn't take away that love, that ... void that child leaves."

She said 17 years will have passed on August 3 and described the persistent emotional impact: "not a day goes by that I don't go back to that August 3rd day in a very, very, very quick second."

The figure of 1,428 was presented by the commenter as a statewide total since her daughter's death; the transcript does not provide a source for that number and it was not independently verified in the record. The speaker framed the number as a call to recognize the human cost behind drowning statistics rather than offering a specific policy proposal or request in the provided excerpt.

The record consists of a single, sustained personal statement; it does not include additional speakers, proposals, formal motions, or agency responses in the supplied segments. The transcript ends with the commenter reiterating, "And 1,428 children since my daughter passed is one too many."