Grieving Philadelphia mother reveals dangerous game she fears caused daughter, 11, and son, 14, to both drown in swimming pool

A heartbroken Philadelphia mother who mislaid her 2 young children during a family excavation time has revealed nan vulnerable crippled she fears took their lives.

Mom-of-six Brittney McWhite mislaid her 11-year-old daughter London Marie and 14-year-old boy Wadale wrong a matter of minutes complete Memorial Day weekend.

The family was astatine a vacation statement successful Gloucester, New Jersey, arsenic nan siblings decided to play a crippled of Marco Polo while holding their breaths. 

After mounting up for nan cookout, Brittney realized she couldn't find her children, who she said some knew really to swim. 

Family members quickly jumping successful to prevention them from nan bottommost of nan excavation but, aft a week connected life support, nan relative and sister died connected June 2.

The grieving mother issued a stern informing to chap parents who whitethorn return their kids to cool disconnected astatine a pool, beach, aliases immoderate unfastened assemblage of water.

'Always person a group of eyes. Prevent your kids from playing games. Make judge nan excavation is safe. 

'If it doesn't look right, don't do it. Because erstwhile you suffer your child, it is hard. It's really difficult to stomach,' Brittney told FOX 29 Philadelphia.

On nan time of nan tragic incident, Brittney said London Marie and Wadale went into nan h2o while she helped hole nutrient inside. 

When she came outside, she couldn't find her kids, and quickly discovered that nan siblings were successful trouble.

'They weren't successful location for much than for illustration 3 aliases 4 minutes. They called their names...and erstwhile they jumped in, they were astatine nan bottommost of nan pool.'

London Marie and Wadale were taken to nan hospital, wherever they remained connected breathing support machines to enactment live for a week. 

It soon became clear to Brittney and nan kids' begetter that their conditions weren't  going to change. 

'Keeping my kid hooked onto a instrumentality for nan remainder of their life is not ideally what immoderate genitor should want for their children, truthful coming maine and dada decided to extremity life support,' Birttney said. 

Just aft their deaths, London Marie would person celebrated her 12th birthday, while Wadale would person graduated from eighth grade. 

On June 9, Kymm McWhite, nan children's grandmother, posted a video of nan family releasing balloons successful grant of them. 

'This was their statement #2 and #4 proceed to SIP my babies. HAPPY HEAVENLY B-DAY BABY GIRL!!!! This would person been your 12th,' she wrote connected Facebook. 

A fewer days later, nan grandma shared abstracted posts for each of them. 

'Missing you Waddie. I want to perceive your laughter, spot your smile, person you get upset pinch maine calling you countless times to spell to nan store.......there will beryllium nary much shop runs, nor laughter, nor your beautiful smile. Just your memory,' she said. 

In a station for her granddaughter, Kymm wrote:  'I miss you soooo overmuch Lon-Lon.'

A ceremony of life was held for some of them connected June 22 astatine nan Church of Christian Compassion successful Philadelphia. 

Brittney created a GoFundMe page to thief salary for nan ceremonial that her precocious children 'deserved.' 

On June 18 nan mother posted a nexus to nan aid page connected Facebook and said: 'I greatly admit your emotion and support and request thief laying my babies to rest.' 

As of Monday afternoon, nan page has raised much than $23,000 for nan grieving family. 

'Keep your kids close. Tell your kids you emotion them while they're here. Once thing happens, each you person is memories.

'It's horrible, you ne'er get those back. It's hard, but you person different kids, and you still person a family. You don't person clip to grieve,' Brittney told Fox News Digital. 

'I cognize they're astatine peace, it's conscionable very devastating. Not to suffer 1 kid but two. I deliberation that's much challenging because you can't tummy that, but you person to support going.' 

To forestall drownings, nan CDC recommends a number of things, including enclosing pools pinch fences, supervising adjacent children and learning CPR successful lawsuit nan worst does happen.