2-year-old boy extremely critical after being pulled from backyard pool in Surprise
A 2-year-old boy is in extremely critical condition after being pulled from a backyard pool in Surprise on Wednesday afternoon, officials said.
A family member returned to the home near U.S. 60 and Reems Road just before 1 p.m. to find the boy unconscious in the unfenced pool, said Battalion Chief Julie Moore of the Surprise Fire and Medical Department.
Moore said the boy's pulse was briefly recovered and then lost again. Officials were able to recover the boy's pulse a second time before flying him to a downtown hospital, Moore said.
Moore said she doesn't know how long the boy was in the pool before being found, but other family members were reportedly inside the home at the time of the drowning and were not aware it happened.
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