THE family of a five-year-old British girl who drowned in a hotel pool in Egypt have spoken of their anger that more was not done to save her.
Chloe Johnson, from London, died in a waterpark at the Coral Sea Waterworld Hotel in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Friday.
Her grandmother April Johnson claimed her son and two holiday makers tried to resuscitate Chloe without assistance from hotel staff.
She said lifeguards had not been on hand and claimed an ambulance took four hours to arrive. She said: "We have all got knives in our hearts to think that if she had been seen, would she still be with us? Where were the lifeguards? Even if they didn't see her when she was pulled out of the pool, why did they not come forward and start resuscitation? Why was it left to other people?"
Ashraf Khalil, the hotel's general manager, said the hotel was conducting an investigation alongside a probe by Egyptian police. He added: "We are sorry this has happened. When the investigation concludes we will be able to give answers."
Travel company First Choice said it was working with the hotel to find out what happened.
THE family of a five-year-old British girl who drowned in a hotel pool in Egypt have spoken of their anger that more was not done to save her. Chloe Johnson, from London, died in a waterpark at the Coral Sea Waterworld Hotel in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Friday.
Her grandmother April Johnson claimed her son and two holidaymakers tried to resuscitate Chloe without assistance from hotel staff.
She said lifeguards had not been on hand and claimed an ambulance took four hours to arrive. She said: "We have all got knives in our hearts to think that if she had been seen, would she still be with us? Where were the lifeguards? Even if they didn't see her when she was pulled out of the pool, why did they not come forward and start resuscitation? Why was it left to other people?"
Ashraf Khalil, the hotel's general manager, said the hotel was conducting an investigation alongside a probe by Egyptian police. He added: "We are sorry this has happened. When the investigation concludes we will be able to give answers."
Travel company First Choice said it was working with the hotel to find out what happened.
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