Overview
- At a Tuesday press conference at the Miami-Dade rental, the parents said they will sue the homeowner and asked that the house be removed from all platforms.
- Their attorney said the pool lacked safety features that county rules require at short-term rentals, such as a barrier, door alarms, or a pool cover.
- Airbnb issued condolences and took the listing down from its site, though the property remained posted on other rental platforms.
- The family urged enforcement of Florida’s Residential Swimming Pool Safety Act, which calls for barriers and self-closing gates to prevent child drownings.
- The child had autism, and reporters noted drowning is the leading accidental cause of death for children 1 to 4 and that autism greatly raises that risk.