A message on a Russian parenthood forum from June 2015 reads like an eerie precursor to the tragedy in northwestern Russia that took the lives of at least 14 children over the weekend. "Taking into account how the camp is organized, absence of accidents is a question of extreme luck," says the post on Mnogodetok.ru. On the evening of June 18, four camp instructors and 47 teenagers boarded two boats and a raft at a camp in Karelia. Soon after, a storm caused two boats to capsize and at least 14 children between 12 and 15 years of age to die.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Complaints about safety at Karelia camp existed for years online
Emergency officers carry surviving children in a boat on Lake Syamozero in Russia's autonomic republic of Karelia on June 19, 2016.
