Emilie Kiser posts TikTok about drowning awareness a year after son's death - BERITAJA

Influencer Emilie Kiser shared a TikTok about h2o information Thursday, about a twelvemonth aft her 3-year-old boy died from drowning.

Trigg Kiser died past May, days aft falling into a pool, according to police. His father, Brady Kiser, said he was momentarily distracted erstwhile the incident occurred and that Emilie was distant astatine the time. In July, officials announced that Brady Kiser would not look charges successful relationship pinch his son’s death.

In a statement made a fewer months aft her son's death, Kiser said she knows there’s much she could person done to protect him.

In the complete three-minute video posted Thursday, Kiser said she felt fresh to talk her son's "preventable" decease and that it was important she does truthful to thief different children and families, contempt really difficult it is for her.

"Like I said, our son's decease was very preventable, it was an mishap but it was a preventable accident," Kiser says successful the video. "I will ever return afloat accountability for that because arsenic a genitor it is your occupation to protect your child."

A tearful Kiser shared that drowning is the number 1 origin of decease for children ages 1 to 4, which is supported by information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC warns that drowning could hap anyplace location is entree to water, and that it is often silent and quick.

Kiser said she recovered it important to make the video up of the summertime months and the day of her son's decease successful May, which is besides h2o information month. She advised her supporters to instal excavation fences and person doorway alarms pinch moving batteries.

"Please make judge that you watch your children about h2o and honestly, different point that I really want to talk about for this video is please get your children into ISR (infant swimming resource) lessons aliases astatine the very slightest aquatics lessons," Kiser said, adding that she signed her younger boy up for ISR lessons astatine 6 months old.

Kiser besides advised everyone watching to study CPR, aliases Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, successful bid to beryllium capable to thief anyone who needs it.

Many of Kiser's fans near supportive comments connected her TikTok, lauding her for her spot and cheering her connected for helping to bring consciousness to an important issue.

"You will prevention lives. My bosom is pinch you," 1 commenter wrote.

Another commenter said Trigg's decease "drastically changed" really her family and friends deliberation about h2o safety.

"We installed a excavation successful our gait the aforesaid twelvemonth our boy was calved — he will beryllium 3 successful August — and we cognize location will ne'er beryllium capable interventions to support him and his sister safe," the commenter wrote. "Thank you for being a assets to families. You’re truthful strong."