A 4-year-old boy is lucky to be alive after his 10-year-old cousin pulled him from a backyard pool Monday afternoon.
Avondale Fire Department officials say the boy was found around 1:45 p.m. at the bottom of a pool near 115th Avenue and Lower Buckeye Road.
Officials say the boy’s 10-year-old cousin jumped in the pool and pulled the boy out. CPR was performed on the boy until he started breathing again.
He was taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital in stable condition, officials at the scene said.
A Valley family is in mourning after a teenager drowned saving her siblings.
“She got them out but couldn’t make it back,” said the victim’s older sister Valerie Leethip.
The tragic incident happened Friday, as Vaverlyn Dachbar was with her family for what was supposed to be a quick, fun trip to Lake Pleasant.
While out for a swim, Vaverlyn’s twin brother and sister waded in too deep and went under.
Vaverlyn, only an average swimmer, jumped in after them. She managed to save the twins, but couldn’t save herself.
Another man who was in the area tried to rescue Vaverlyn but couldn’t find her. A Maricopa County Sheriff’s dive team found her body later in the day.
Vaverlyn was a sophomore at Thunderbird High School. Her family says she was an avid reader who was already taking extra classes to graduate early.
She wanted to be a pediatrician one day to help children.
She was also very protective of her little brother and sister.
“Instead of rushing to find the adults, she went in after them because that’s what she does,” said sister Valerie.
Authorities were called to the scene of two emergencies at Lake Pleasant Saturday afternoon.
In the first incident, a California man was injured trying to help his daughter.
According to a Peoria Fire Department spokeswoman, an inner tube was attached to a boat and the inner tube started to blow off the boat.
Amanda Jacinto said the girl got her arm stuck in the rope and her father tried to get the girl.
In the process, his hand got caught in the rope and part of his hand was severed. He reportedly severed several fingers.
He was airlifted to a Valley hospital. His injury is serious but not life threatening, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office.
Shortly after this incident, an approximately 36-year-old man began to struggle in the water.
Firefighters helped get him to shore. According to MCSO, the man was disoriented and spitting up water.
He was also taken to a Valley hospital by helicopter for treatment.
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office dive team recovered the body of a teenager who drowned at Lake Pleasant Friday afternoon.
A spokesman with MCSO says the 15-year-old girl was trying to help her two younger siblings swim when witnesses say she went under the water and didn’t resurface.
Witness Jimmie Ogle told 3TV he heard someone screaming from the shore, pointing to the children who were struggling in the water. He said he jumped in a speed boat and raced out to help.
“I dove off the front of his boat, and I grabbed the two kids that were already going under,” Ogle said. “They looked at me straight in the face, they went underwater. I grabbed ahold of them; I took them to shore. They said, ‘My sister is still under there.'”
Ogle told 3TV he got back in the water to look for their sister, but it was too late.
“I’m devastated,” Ogle said. “I tried my best to save all of them. I don’t want to see a child die.”
The Sheriff’s Office says the teenager was not wearing a life jacket at the time.
An baby boy drown in a bathtub at a home on the northwest side Saturday evening.
Oro Valley police officers the first to arrive, just after 5 p.m., at a home in the 9000 block of North Oracle Road between West Hardy Road and West Calle Concordia, and began performing CPR after the 12-month-old was found unresponsive in a bathtub, said Capt. Josh Hurguy, spokesman for the Golder Ranch Fire Department.
The baby was not breathing and did not have a pulse when paramedics arrived. Hurguy did not know how long the infant had been in the water.
The child was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead, Hurguy said.
“Any time children are around water don’t leave them unattended,” Hurguy said.
MESA, Ariz. — A 40-year-old man drowned in the Salt River near Blue Point Bridge on Thursday, according to a spokesman for the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputy lake patrol divers found Luis Alberto Gutierrez in 15 feet of water at 6:00 p.m., about two hours after responding to a drowning call.
He was found near the area where he was reported going under the water.
According to witnesses, the victim was swimming with another individual across the river, a distance of about 50 yards, when he went under.
A 1-year-old boy nearly drowned in a backyard swimming pool in Corona de Tucson Sunday afternoon.
The family of the child took him to a Corona de Tucson fire station, 17411 S. Rustling Leaf Trail, shortly before 5 p.m. and said the boy had fallen into a swimming pool, said agency spokesman Todd Cupell.
Paramedics attended to the boy, who was breathing on his own, and he was taken to University of Arizona Medical Center by ambulance, Cupell said.
No other information was immediately available.
A 4-year-old child is in critical condition after he’s found in an Avondale pool.
Police responded to a home near 107th Ave and Lower Buckeye Monday afternoon. The boy had not been seen for 3 to 5 minutes, and a 10-year-old relative ended up seeing him at the bottom of the pool.
She removed the boy from the pool, and the boy’s mother performed CPR.
It’s not clear how long he was underwater, but he was breathing and responsive when paramedics took him by ground to Phoenix Children’s Hospital.
At last check, the boy was in critical condition.
The investigation is ongoing.
TUCSON – The toddler was being resuscitated by an adult when paramedics arrived on scene near Harrison and Stella roads just before 1 p.m. Wednesday.
The girl– just shy of 2 years old– was pulled out of the house’s swimming pool, Tucson Fire Department spokesman Cpt. Barrett Baker said.
The near drowning had first responders assessing the girl quickly, Barrett said. She was rushed to a nearby hospital and is reported to be in critical condition.
A baby was hospitalized after being found in a swimming pool not breathing on Saturday.
Phoenix Fire spokesman Tony Mure says a mother called 911 after finding her 22-month-old boy in a swimming pool near Estrella Drive and 51st Avenue.
Mure says CPR has already been started on the baby when paramedics arrived.
The boy still wasn’t breathing when he was transported to Phoenix Children’s Hospital.
