10-Year-old Boy Drowns in Bed, Brings Attention of Dry Drowning

Johnny Jackson’s mom says her son went swimming in the neighborhood pool hours before he died. Cassandra Jackson says Johnny began acting strange and talking slowly. He seemed drowsy so he laid down in his bed to take a nap, and an hour later he was dead.

“I feel like someone reached in and grabbed my heart and just yanked it out,” Jackson says. “He was talking, walking – it was an hour later that he passed away.”

Johnny died of asphyxiation as he had too much water in his lungs.

Doctors say dry drowning isn’t as uncommon as many people think. Dr. Harold Laski says 15 percent of all drownings happen when the victim isn’t in water.

“You don’t even need much water – just a little bit of water that hits the flap that opens and closes to allow you to either breathe or eat,” Laski said.

Symptoms of dry drowning are difficulty breathing, extreme exhaustion and changes in behavior. Dry drowning can be treated but victims must get to a hospital as soon as possible.

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