HEARTBREAKING: Parents break silence after daughter dies in tragic Florida beach sand hole collapse

the kids were looking up you know finding seashells and playing in the sand Jason and Teresa madly say they were enjoying the perfect Beach day with their two young children when the unthinkable happened we go to the beach we think of water safety and this never ever once crossed my mind and of course looking now I'm like well of course and so that part's really frustrating cuz I'm like man last month 7-year-old Sloan and her 9-year-old brother Maddox were digging in the sand at this Fort Lauderdale area Beach when things took a devastating turn the sand hole suddenly caved in on them Sloan was completely buried beneath her brother Jason you told me this happened in an instant it's kind of a blur and it's probably maybe my mind protecting itself but it just happened so fast and in my mind I had her in my hands but the weight of the sand was too much it didn't matter that we were literally right there it was just a hole and there's nothing and then it just became chaos and horror several people frantically calling 911 the father started yelling for help that his child is caught in a hole in the sand my husband's up there and a bunch of men are digging on the beach people were desperate to help you I only knew of one um it was a woman who she I told her to call 911 and then it turned out she's a nurse once madx got out of our son got out of the sand and they were checking him out on the beach she stayed with him because like I wanted to be digging and so she sat with him the whole time and she was just um she's so kind the family says it took nearly 20 minutes to fully get the children out of the hole several feet deep but say it felt like time Stood Still Sloan was rushed to a nearby hospital tragically she did not survive what would you say to those people who were on the beach you jumped in I'm sorry I'm so sorry you witnessed um pure horror thank you to the First Responders the hospital the everyone everyone tried their hardest and unfortunately it didn't work out in our favor experts warn that sandholes even relatively small ones pose serious Danger on the beach take a group of kids ages 5 to 11 years old all varying in height the shortest 3' 7 the tallest 41 experts say any dug should be no deeper than the knee of the shortest person digging it in this case about 9 in was there a lifeguard on duty on the beach or was this just sort of an open public beach just um I think it's just an open public beach yeah that would be something we would like to see change if we can um again we don't place any blame on Lauderdale by the Sea in a statement to ABC News the town of Lauderdale by the Sea says that they are developing a national Safety campaign telling us we will share it with as many Coastal communities as possible to help prevent another unimaginable tragedy we're also discussing how we monitor our beach a local ordinance to band digging on our beach and the best way to honor Sloan life is all about love and it's about kisses and hugget and songs now the maddingley remembering their bright and vivacious daughter Who Loved unicorns and Taylor Swift how do you want precious slone to be remembered as a beam of light Joy she just lived life she would come out in the morning and she would fist pump right out of bed come out and just she'd always be so happy she wasn't into like the big like take me to Disney she was like just come dance with me in the living room and so we did as other families prepare to flock to beaches for the Spring Break Season the mingle's message through their tragedy heartbreakingly clear if we can do anything to save another family from going through this whether that's signage uh Beach Patrol and strangers you know if you see something that's dangerous take the courage and say something