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Beach Day turned Nightmare
Indiana Dunes National Park的点评
点评：A family beach day at Indiana Dunes on August 9, 2024, became a humiliating and traumatic experience. My husband and I brought our four children, ages 9, 7, 3, and 1 year old, along with my sister and her 9-year-old son.
After lifeguards warned us to stay knee-deep because of strong waves, my nephew went slightly too far into the water twice. We apologized and understood the safety concern. Instead of simply asking us to leave, security escalated the situation: my husband was detained on the beach, and I was repeatedly prevented from returning to our children, who were only 30–40 feet away. I watched my 9-year-old daughter cry while a stranger comforted her.
When another National Park law-enforcement officer arrived, I asked whether I could return to my children. He immediately said yes, making the first officer’s refusal even harder to understand. The situation was humiliating and frightening for our family, especially over a minor safety violation involving a 9-year-old child (that was not even our son, it was my nephew and his Mom was there with us).
We later requested records and video through FOIA so the incident could be independently reviewed. Despite our efforts, they never provided us with the footage.
We fully support enforcing water-safety rules. If we needed to leave, we would have left. But there was no reason a simple safety issue had to become detention, separation from our children, and public humiliation.
Our family experienced none of the judgment, proportionality, or basic humanity that day. We will never return to Indiana Dunes. When we want a beach day now, we drive past Indiana and continue to Michigan.
After lifeguards warned us to stay knee-deep because of strong waves, my nephew went slightly too far into the water twice. We apologized and understood the safety concern. Instead of simply asking us to leave, security escalated the situation: my husband was detained on the beach, and I was repeatedly prevented from returning to our children, who were only 30–40 feet away. I watched my 9-year-old daughter cry while a stranger comforted her.
When another National Park law-enforcement officer arrived, I asked whether I could return to my children. He immediately said yes, making the first officer’s refusal even harder to understand. The situation was humiliating and frightening for our family, especially over a minor safety violation involving a 9-year-old child (that was not even our son, it was my nephew and his Mom was there with us).
We later requested records and video through FOIA so the incident could be independently reviewed. Despite our efforts, they never provided us with the footage.
We fully support enforcing water-safety rules. If we needed to leave, we would have left. But there was no reason a simple safety issue had to become detention, separation from our children, and public humiliation.
Our family experienced none of the judgment, proportionality, or basic humanity that day. We will never return to Indiana Dunes. When we want a beach day now, we drive past Indiana and continue to Michigan.
翻译：2024年8月9日，我们全家在印第安纳沙丘海滩度过的一天，却变成了一场屈辱且痛苦的经历。我和丈夫带着四个孩子——年龄分别为9岁、7岁、3岁和1岁——还有我的妹妹和她9岁的儿子一同前往。
救生员曾告诫我们，由于海浪强劲，必须待在水深及膝的位置。然而，我的侄子两次稍微走入了更深的水域。我们当即道歉，也理解这样的安全措施很有必要。但救生员并未只是要求我们离开……安保人员使情况进一步恶化：我的丈夫被扣留在沙滩上，而我则屡次被阻止回到离我们仅30到40英尺远的孩子们身边。我亲眼看到9岁的女儿哭泣，而一个陌生人正在安慰她。
当另一位国家公园执法官员赶到后，我询问是否可以回到孩子们身边。他立刻答应了，这使得之前那位官员的拒绝显得更加难以理解。对整个家庭而言，这一经历既屈辱又可怕。尤其是针对一个涉及9岁儿童的轻微安全问题而言（那个孩子甚至不是我们的儿子，而是我的侄子，他的妈妈当时也和我们在一起）。
后来我们依据《信息自由法》申请查看相关记录和视频，以便对事件进行独立审查。但尽管我们付出了努力，他们始终没有向我们提供相关录像。
我们完全支持执行水上安全规则。如果我们必须离开，我们也会照做。不过，一个简单的安全问题根本没理由导致被拘留啊。与孩子分离，还有当众蒙羞。
那天，我们的家庭完全没有得到任何公正的对待、适度的处理，甚至连基本的人道关怀都没有。我们再也不会回到印第安纳沙丘了。现在，每当我们想去海滩游玩时，都会绕过印第安纳州，直接前往密歇根州。
救生员曾告诫我们，由于海浪强劲，必须待在水深及膝的位置。然而，我的侄子两次稍微走入了更深的水域。我们当即道歉，也理解这样的安全措施很有必要。但救生员并未只是要求我们离开……安保人员使情况进一步恶化：我的丈夫被扣留在沙滩上，而我则屡次被阻止回到离我们仅30到40英尺远的孩子们身边。我亲眼看到9岁的女儿哭泣，而一个陌生人正在安慰她。
当另一位国家公园执法官员赶到后，我询问是否可以回到孩子们身边。他立刻答应了，这使得之前那位官员的拒绝显得更加难以理解。对整个家庭而言，这一经历既屈辱又可怕。尤其是针对一个涉及9岁儿童的轻微安全问题而言（那个孩子甚至不是我们的儿子，而是我的侄子，他的妈妈当时也和我们在一起）。
后来我们依据《信息自由法》申请查看相关记录和视频，以便对事件进行独立审查。但尽管我们付出了努力，他们始终没有向我们提供相关录像。
我们完全支持执行水上安全规则。如果我们必须离开，我们也会照做。不过，一个简单的安全问题根本没理由导致被拘留啊。与孩子分离，还有当众蒙羞。
那天，我们的家庭完全没有得到任何公正的对待、适度的处理，甚至连基本的人道关怀都没有。我们再也不会回到印第安纳沙丘了。现在，每当我们想去海滩游玩时，都会绕过印第安纳州，直接前往密歇根州。
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