A family with a degree of celebratory status, due to their number of children, is in mourning following the drowning of their youngest offspring, 11-month-old Raquel, in a swimming pool in Vila Nova de Gaia. The tragedy has served to underscore the dangers that swimming pools pose young children, and the absolute need for constant vigilance of them whenever even near a pool (even if that pool has a protective fence around it). The Gil family was featured by RTP (as a family at the time with eight children) when the baby who died this week was not yet born.
Youngest of nine children dies in swimming pool
