Summer camp safety records: A call for transparency after 5-year-old nearly drowns

Summer camp safety records: A call for transparency after 5-year-old nearly drowns

Last June, Ashley LaRue and Brandon Shenkman got the phone call every parent dreads.  While attending a Westchester County summer camp, their 5-year-old son lost consciousness in a swimming pool. “They found him floating in the pool and my whole body went numb,” Shenkman said. A police report from the incident says the boy was saved only when a private swim instructor, not employed by the summer camp, rushed over to administer CPR.  A county hea…