Video shows a 2-year-old boy underwater for about 15 minutes before his rescue from a house pool on Sunday morning in North Lauderdale, according to a city official.
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Mike Sargis, the city of North Lauderdale manager, said a Ring surveillance camera recorded the video at a house on Pebble Beach, near the Boulevard of Champions.
“The family started CPR,” Sargis wrote in a statement on Monday morning.
Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue personnel and BSO deputies responded to the house pool at about 10:30 a.m. on Sunday
The toddler was at the Broward Health Medical Center, and his condition was critical, according to Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies.
“The last we heard, the child was in very grave condition,” Sargis wrote in the statement.
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At least three children have drowned this summer in Broward County.
A 2-year-old boy drowned on July 12 in a lake in Plantation.
Nearby, a 4-year-old girl drowned on July 5 in a lake in Plantation.
A 4-year-old boy drowned on June 19 in a pool in North Lauderdale.
More children ages 1 to 4 die from drowning than any other cause of death, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Some of the ways to reduce the risk include formal swimming lessons for kids and installing a four-sided fence that is at least four feet high and fully encloses the house pool.
The Red Cross has educational resources for children and their caregivers.
The Florida Department of Health in Broward County has a voucher program to cover the cost of lessons for children as young as babies and as old as 17. For more information, visit this page.
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North Lauderdale’s Pebble Beach area
