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The heartbroken family of a four-year-old Kentucky girl who drowned in a South Carolina resort pool have launched a lawsuit against the vacation hotspot - which also saw two other child drownings in just three years.
On April 1, 2021, Demi Williams tragically drowned while on a family trip to Crown Reef Beach Resort and Waterpark, allegedly without a lifeguard in sight.
Her stricken mother, Destiny Morgan, who was initially charged with neglect over the death before the charges were dropped, said she is suing the resort for an alleged lack of safety measures around the pool.
'Something has to be done,' she told NBC News. 'I have to do something in honor of my child to make sure that this never happens again.'
Demi Williams, 4, tragically drowned in a swimming pool while on vacation with her family in South Carolina on April 1, 2021
Her mother, Destiny Morgan, who was initially charged with neglect over the death before the charges were later dropped (seen in her mugshot), has launched a lawsuit against the resort alleging a number of safety shortcomings
Morgan said the horror unfolded on the second night of their vacation, after Demi and her two older siblings spent the day playing in the pool.
That evening, they were taking trips down a lazy river ride while Morgan sat in a hot tub that it circled, and the young girl had only been allowed to ride on the same float as one of her older siblings.
When she asked to go by herself, Morgan said she told the four-year-old to stand in the pool. After seeing that it was shallow enough for her to easily stand, she allowed Demi to go by herself.
But she said she knew something was wrong when Demi's older sister got off the ride, and she began frantically searching for her young daughter.
As she got to one of the resort's pools, which was not on the lazy river, she saw another guest pull Demi from the water, not breathing.
Because there were no security cameras around the pools, it remains unclear how Demi ended up in the other pool, although her mother suspects she slipped and fell.
Guests at the resort, including a nurse, began frantically trying to save the young girl's life, and the nurse told Morgan that she could detect a very faint pulse.
However, there were no defibrillators - a device that delivers an electric shock to restart a heartbeat -
