He was taken from us in seconds The Crouch family: From left Jack, 13, Amelia, 5, Peter and Carmel, Makayla, 7 and Ben, 14, with a picture of Adam. Carmel Crouch, husband Peter at her side, recounts the day of the tragedy. "It was just a get-together that some friends and I had during the school holidays," she said. Adam didn't like the water and he didn't swim, he couldn't swim and he didn't ask to get in the pool all day. He was fully clothed all day in his shoes and clothing. I felt safe with that because it was well supervised and I didn't want him to feel left out. We were packing up ready to go. I thought they were all safe. Adam is just generally off playing with other kids and I thought that's what he was doing. Then it was time to go. ... I couldn't find Adam so I said to the other mums, 'have you seen Adam?' Adam Crouch, who drowned in a pool at age three. Initially I looked all around the house because I didn't think he would be anywhere near the pool. Then I went out on to the deck and saw him in the pool ... so obviously I just screamed to the others come and help. We got him out of the pool and did CPR as best I could, which I am sure wasn't very effective. The ambulance came and he was brought to Nepean Hospital and pronounced dead. After a few moments, Mrs Crouch continued: "I would just like to say that the findings into Adam's death are not blaming anyone because I know that everyone that was there on the day didn't want anything to happen to Adam. The gate needed a full swing to actually latch, so if it didn't have a full swing the locking mechanism wouldn't have locked properly. In a message of advice to other parents, she said: "The main thing is to teach your kids to swim from as young as you can get them in the water. Just make sure they can save themselves. Adam fell into that pool that day fully clothed and with shoes on so even if he'd had swimming lessons he might not have made it to the edge anyway... Pool safety is hugely important. You have got to keep your kids away from pools if they are not swimming, supervise every second they are in and around water. When they are not swimming you have just got to make sure you have got the proper barriers in place to keep them out, to keep them safe. Make sure there's no chairs or trees or anything they can climb on around the pool. It's important to know CPR so that if something happens at least you can administer CPR. This has affected Pete and me forever. We will never get over this and obviously it has a huge impact on our kids ... So many other people have been affected - the poor family's house where it happened; it is a terrible thing to have to live with as well and I really feel for them. What is important to come out of Adam's death, and why I am ... bringing back the memories of that day, is to try and stop it happening to other families. No family deserves to have their little, healthy, happy child taken away ... He was taken from us in seconds. The tragedy took place on October 12, 2007 - 11 days before Adam's fourth birthday.