Pueblo Grande residents reflect on triple drowning in pool

kids who drown in a pueblo pool. police confirm .. the victims are two sisters, ages three and five.. along with a 17-year-old girl who was babystitting them. police responded to the pool at the pueblo grande mobile home park around two o’clock. that’s on the northside of the city. krdo newschannel 13’s greg miller is there live tonight with the latest. james pueblo police tell us they think it was an accident… though they’re not saying specifically what happened. first responders tried c-p-r, but it wasn’t enough. it’s a tragedy that is on the minds of a lot of other parents here. 11:01:20 first thing i will do is hug my kids a little tighter. dora moncayo admits she’s extra grateful her children are okay. 11:01:34 we love that pool, we haven’t lived here a long time, but the time the pool was open every time, every hour in there. her kids went to that pool. shown here in these online photos… a place for summer fun, turned into something police call a horrible accident. 22:07 drowning. 999 fortino boulevard. first responders rushed to the grande mobile home park – hoping they could save the three kids who went under the water. two sisters and their baby sitter. their efforts… weren’t enough. 10:53:27 she heard commotions, she heard sirens, she went out there.. marianna lefebre’s grandma’s trailer was right next to the pool. 10:55:37 she’s taking it really, to heart. you never think this could happen in your community. greg standup: neighbors say there were signs posted at the pool that posted at the pool that tehre were no lifeguards on duty. but considering that fact, they also say there’s never been a drowning that they can remember, before. 11:02:37 i think in every single pool place, it don’t matter where it is, apartments, complex, anything, anybody should have a lifeguard. neighbors left hoping for more safety, in the midst of deep sadness. police say the teenager was actually a sitter for the two children, their names have not been released. live in pueblo, greg miller, krdo newschannel 13. turning to weather now, monsoon