The sound of splashing and laughter at a public pool should bring joy, but for Tucson mother Rose Bennett, its a painful reminder of a life-changing moment.

KGUN 9 spoke with Bennett at the Marana Aquatic Center, where hundreds of kids were swimming and playing in the pool.

"When I see somebody go under and they don't come up right away, I start to panic a little bit," Bennett said.

Sixteen years ago, Bennett dropped off her then 6-year-old son, Ethan, at summer day camp before heading to work at University Medical Center.

"Then the next time I saw him, he was being wheeled into UMC," she recalled.

Ethan had nearly drowned at a pool that the camp took the kids to.

No lifeguards, no swim vests, nothing. And he drowned, Bennett said.

Ethan survived but suffered a traumatic brain injur

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