MGM sued after 6-year-old girl electrocuted and left paralyzed for life after touching lit up fountain rail at Maryland resort
MGM National Harbor Hotel in Oxon Hill is under fire after six-year-old Zynae Green was electrocuted by a handrail and left severely brain-damaged for life.
Ever since Zynae Green touched a lit-up railing near an illuminated water fountain at the MGM National Harbor Hotel in Oxon Hill, Maryland, five months ago, she can no longer walk or talk.
The six-year-old received a jolt of 120 volts of electricity, 10 times the amount needed to power the handrail lighting, and went into cardiac arrest almost immediately, Daily Mail reports.
That said, a security guard was also electrocuted after he tried to rush in and pull little Zynae off the railing. Other family members who tried to rescue her, including Carlos Green Jr, five, and Monya Rosier, 16, were also electrocuted in the process and had to be hospitalized for several days with non-life-threatening injuries.