"I've dreamed about it. I'm actually consumed with it. I don't know how long it's going to take me to get over it. I don' know if I'll ever get over it,
said Heather Ferraiuolo.

Almost daily, she replays the scene in her mind at Half Moon Beach on August 9th. That Saturday she and her family headed to the former Strasburg quarry. It was supposed to be a day of fun in the sun, but ended quickly when lifeguards pulled 6-year-old Dakota Hansen out of the water.

"I came out and they had here up there doing CPR. Her body was already green. And they were just like 'Dakota, come on baby.' And I still have that go through my head. It haunts me,' said Ferraiuolo.

The mother of three says as soon as she arrived at the beach, she decided not to let her kids out of sight.

Ferraiuolo believes things might have been different, had lifeguards been more vigilant.

"He left his post to go deal with the canoe rental and when he did that he was having to be looking out at the water. He wasn't able to see what anybody else was doing and that's when the drowning occurred," said Ferraiuolo.

If Half Moon beach opens next season, she hopes management will make safety a top priority.

"They really need to be more aware of of who they are hiring. They need to be aware if they are doing their job, not sitting and socializing with their friends. This is not like a pool, if somebody goes down in a pool you can see them. Somebody goes down there, you can't see them."