A one-year-old kid falls into the family pool. The clock starts ticking.
The mother misses her child and in a panic, rushes to the back yard to face what she herself cannot possibly imagine finding.
Her son is drowning before her very eyes.
She jumps into the pool, yanks the kid out and flees inside the house in a blind panic to call 9-1-1.
Paramedics and law enforcement arrive on the scene. One officer slips in a puddle of water, falls to her knee, yet stands back up and keeps on trucking.
Lives changed forever that day.
The Cosmillo family got their child back. Joey was revived but suffered profound brain damage. He cannot walk or talk and is fed--and breathes--through tubes. He lives in a rehabilitation center because of the care he requires.
Sgt. Andrea Eichhorn later discovered her knee was broken. She lost two months of work. As a result of her fall, she suffers persistent knee pain and will likely develop arthritis.
The officer has decided to sue Joey's family for her fall. They left a mess on the floor, didn't clean it up and she slipped and fell on one knee, all in the line of duty.
Pay the hell up.
It's a Murphy's Law of sorts. According to Eichhorn's attorney, if the Cosmillos had made their pool baby-proof, police would not have been called to the scene, there would have been no water on the floor, and Eichhorn would not have hurt herself.
If I were the Cosmillo family, kneecaps would become my new obsession. I'd be all consumed--intent and focused with finding someone who specialized in kneecaps, someone who could call upon poor Ms. Eichhorn and deliver a very special massage, 'er message, MESSAGE of steely (pipe) condolence for her skeletal loss.
What? Am I wrong?
Where's Tonya Harding when you need her?
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Update!
Andrea Eichhorn has dropped her suit against the Cosmillo family. The officer has been suspended with pay until departmental review.
Don't worry, Andrea. I hear Nancy Grace is looking for a substitute while she's out on maternity leave.
Read more about Joey here.
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This is without a doubt, the most ridiculous and shameful lawsuit I've read of yet. I pray the case is thrown out and that gangrene, gout and flesh eating disease make a come back.
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I heard today that Eichhorn has been placed on administrative leave by the department and mum is the word.
And I agree with you! I really believe we are witnessing the demise of all that is good with this world through the actions of this public servant.
WHEW that name Eichhorn in Tampa is synonymous with meth manufacture and crack dealing. Among other knee-cracking things. And, this I am not kidding about.
If they looked a bit closer they'd surely see that family tied to this.
What a bunch.
Wow--that's an entirely different chapter to this story.
Some things to think about -
This police officer has done many great and courageous things throughout her career. Hero type sh*t and all. So she's obviously got a health care crisis on her hands. Wouldn't better insurance and a decent health care system for our police officers maybe be in order?
And another thing - is there any room for discussion of parents' responsibilities regarding pool safety and the necessity of child-proofing a pool? Or are we not allowed to talk about lessons learned and what parents can do to prevent tragedy?
Not conspiracy-theory crap but hopefully something to think about.
Good thoughts.
When I lived in Ft. Lauderdale, 4 kids drowned in swimming pools in my neighborhood, all within the same year.
I am a huge believer in pool safety but you know what? I will never have one. I think an unguarded pool is equivalent to housing a loaded pistol in a bedside table. Not worth the risk.
Interesting comment about the insurance...elected officials are all gung ho law enforcement until it comes to benefits that will completely cover potential costs for those who put their lives on the line.
It is (was) a weird lawsuit, though. I mean--the chances have got to be great that an officer could slip and fall during a response, say in a puddle of blood--you know that has happened probably more times than we could imagine.
It's just a sorry state of affairs that an attorney would advise a client to sue with such tragedy involved--one blogger claimed that after learning of this suit, that was the day he totally lost faith in humanity.
We are living in an unempathetic world.
Sunny, what struck me as so distasteful about Eichorn's lawsuit is that in just about every state, case law says that the police have "no specific duty to protect" any given individual. Meaning that the police departments and the individual coppers are immune from lawsuits over the quality of their work.
Seems to me it's only fair that they also relinquish the right to litigate against a citizen for an on-the-job industry.
As for your commenter who thought this points up the need for better health care for cops: baloney. In most jurisdictions (NYC being a notable exception), police salaries and other compensation puts them above the median.
My old-time cop friends (mostly retired) say that you don't become a police officer because it pays well; you do it because that's what you want to do. Most of the good old timers might have done it for free, if they could have afforded to.
I agree with you on this one. Eicchorn's suit--now dropped--against the family was a legal move that the family could not have taken against Eicchorn because of her immunity against such.
My hopes are her fellow workers are highly engaged in some sort of charitable event for this family who have been put through the ringer on so many levels.
I also agree that the helping professions are a calling--but I wonder how many of those entering the professions today--teachers, police, etc.--will have the fortitude to stay the duration as a quality professional. If this officer is any indication--well, I'll just sit here and virtually shake my head and tsk, tsk over the "younger generation".
You are definitely correct about the health care...top rate for officers.
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Hey its really good and heart touching post.
Thank you so much....!
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