US | Abigail Taylor 6-Year-Old Injured in Pool Accident Dies Horrific injury led to new safety regs on swimming pool drains By Rob Quinn Posted Mar 22, 2008 10:47 AM CDT Copied U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, right, thanks Katey Taylor, left, and Scott Taylor, center, parents of Abigail Taylor, during a news conference in Minneapolis, Monday, July 23, 2007. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt) The little girl whose injury from a swimming pool drain spurred new safety laws has lost her fight for life, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports. Six-year-old Abigail Taylor died Thursday evening after transplant surgery failed to restore the part of her intestinal track that was ripped out by a powerful drain in a golf club wading pool last summer. Taylor's triple-organ transplant last December triggered a rare cancerous condition. "She fought so bloody hard and didn't catch one break," said a family lawyer. After her injury, Taylor's parents pushed hard for new safety legislation that would prevent similar accidents. In December, the same day Abagail had her transplant surgery, Congress enacted a law banning the sale of drain covers that don't meet anti-entrapment safety standards and requiring less-powerful drainage systems. Read These Next Hall of Famer Dave Parker dies That 'buy now, pay later' loan may soon hit your credit score. Mark Zuckerberg's 'list' has Silicon Valley buzzing. Cops: Arizona 5th graders drew up plot to 'end' a classmate. Report an error