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3-year-old pulled from bottom of W. Phoenix pool

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Jun 152014
 

A 3-year-old girl was rushed to the hospital in critical condition after being pulled from a West Phoenix pool.

Phoenix firefighters responded to the call at an apartment complex near 43rd Avenue and McDowell Road around 4:30 p.m.

The girl was taken to Phoenix Children’s Hospital in very critical condition, according to Phoenix fire Capt. Tony Mure.

Mure said a mother watching her two young sons was also babysitting the 3-year-old girl and none of the children were good swimmers.

The children were sharing two sets of “water wings” and at some point a fourth child came into the pool area to play with the little girl who was her friend.

Mure said the woman assumed the girl next to her two boys was the child she was babysitting and that she only saw the backs of their heads, not their faces.

The fourth child realized this was not her friend next to her and told the babysitter.

When she went to look for the 3-year-old, the woman found her at the bottom of the pool and screamed for help.

Mure said two adults from separate groups jumped in and pulled the girl from the pool and began CPR until paramedics arrived.

It is unknown how long the girl had been under water.

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11-year-old drowns in west Phoenix above-ground pool

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Jun 142014
 

An 11-year-old boy boy died Wednesday after being pulled from an above-ground pool, according to police.

Sgt. Steve Martos, spokesman for the Phoenix Police Department, said emergency crews responded to a home around 2:40 p.m. near 107th Avenue and Buckeye in Tolleson, Ariz after the boy was pulled from the pool.

The boy was flown to Phoenix Children’s Hospital where he died, said Martos.

The 11-year-old has been identified as Ivan Nunez.

Preliminary information indicates that the boy was going swimming with his 10-year-old brother and entered the pool to remove the plastic cover.

Police said it is unknown if the boy became entangled in the cover, but remains under investigation.

The 10-year-old attempted to pull his brother from the pool, but couldn’t. His older brother, 15, had to help.

Phoenix fire said the boy’s father began providing CPR until paramedics arrived.

No other details were released.

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Neighbor saves boy in near-drowning in apartment pool early Friday morning

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Jun 132014
 

A neighbor is credited with saving the life of a 3-year-old who nearly drowned in an apartment complex pool near 19th Avenue and Glendale early Friday morning.

According to reports, the child was heard splashing in the water around 3 a.m.

Edward Vara reportedly investigated the noise and jumped in to save the child when he realized what was happening.

Vara said he was outside his apartment looking at his phone.

“I heard a splash, I heard like someone dove into the pool, I thought it was awkward, I thought to myself, ‘it’s kind of late for someone to jump into the pool,’” he said.

He almost went back to what he was doing– but something didn’t feel right.

“When I looked over, I just seen him in the middle of the pool on his back, on the top of the water,” Vara said.

He couldn’t believe it.

“I was trying to tell myself, it wasn’t what I was seeing– but I knew it was. I knew a little boy was drowning,” he said.

With that, he sprang into action.

“I was getting ready to jump the fence, but the pool gate just went open. So I just ran in,” Vara said.

“I just jumped in, grabbed him, brought him up.. his body was hard, like he had swallowed a lot of water.”

He tried to do CPR.

“I was just screaming at the top of my lungs for anyone to come out and help me,” he said.

A neighbor came out and helped and they called 911. The three-year-old boy started breathing again.

“I really don’t feel like I did anything special. I did what anyone would’ve done I think,” he said.

If he hadn’t heard that splash, Vara knows it could’ve ended a lot differently.

“I just keep kind of replaying in my head, ‘wow, there was nobody out there.’ There was nobody there.”

The toddler’s parents don’t know how he got out of their apartment. Neighbors said the boy is doing fine.

Vara said the pool gate is usually locked.

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Neighbor rescues toddler after fall into pool overnight

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Jun 132014
 

A toddler nearly drowned after falling into a pool at an apartment complex in the middle of the night.

Two neighbors came to the rescue just in the nick of time at the complex near 19th Avenue and Glendale. It was just after 3 a.m. on Friday.

Fire crews say a neighbor heard a splash coming from the pool and thought it was odd.

When he went to check it out, he found a 3-year-old boy had fallen in the pool.

The man jumped in and rescued the child.

Neighbor Melissa Walls says she heard a man screaming for help and saw the man holding the young boy.

He set the 3-year-old on the ground, Walls started CPR and the boy began breathing again.

“I was so relieved. I was praying and holding his hand. The way he was looking at me, he was so scared. The little boy was so scared,” said Melissa Walls, who saved the toddler’s life.

We’re told the boy was breathing and conscious when he was taken to the hospital.

Fire officials say the toddler’s parents don’t know how he got out of the family’s apartment.

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Neighbor rescues toddler after fall into pool overnight

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Jun 132014
 

A toddler nearly drowned after falling into a pool at an apartment complex in the middle of the night.

Two neighbors came to the rescue just in the nick of time at the complex near 19th Avenue and Glendale. It was just after 3 a.m. on Friday.

Fire crews say a neighbor heard a splash coming from the pool and thought it was odd.

When he went to check it out, he found a 3-year-old boy had fallen in the pool.

The man jumped in and rescued the child.

Neighbor Melissa Walls says she heard a man screaming for help and saw the man holding the young boy.

He set the 3-year-old on the ground, Walls started CPR and the boy began breathing again.

“I was so relieved. I was praying and holding his hand. The way he was looking at me, he was so scared. The little boy was so scared,” said Melissa Walls, who saved the toddler’s life.

We’re told the boy was breathing and conscious when he was taken to the hospital.

Fire officials say the toddler’s parents don’t know how he got out of the family’s apartment.

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German man dies in a kayaking accident at Grand Canyon

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Jun 122014
 

Authorities say a man from Germany is dead after a kayaking accident at Grand Canyon National Park.

Park officials say 43-year-old Hans Uhl was part of a commercial river trip.

The group had just started its multi-day trip on the Colorado River on Wednesday when park officials received a call around 2 p.m. about an unconscious kayaker at Badger Rapids.

Authorities say Uhl’s kayak capsized and he was unable to right himself.

A safety boat was able to reach the kayak, but authorities say Uhl lost consciousness and couldn’t be resuscitated.

An investigation is being conducted by the National Park Service and the Coconino County medical examiner.

Uhl’s hometown in Germany wasn’t immediately available Thursday.

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Phoenix man drowns after jumping off Salt River cliff

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Jun 072014
 

The body of a 21-year-old Phoenix man has been recovered from the Salt River.

Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Christopher Hegstrom said witnesses told deputies the victim was tubing on the river with friends around 4 p.m. when he decided at Mud Cliffs to climb up and jump into the water from a height of approximately 15 feet.

Hegstrom said after the man jumped he resurfaced but appeared to be struggling. Friends tried to help the victim but he was flailing.

The victim, identified Saturday night as Jwan Frazier, went under again and did not resurface.

Frazier’s body was recovered by divers just before 6 p.m. in 8 feet of water, Hegstrom said.

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Man drowns after trying to swim across cove at Lake Pleasant

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May 252014
 

Authorities have identified a man who died after being pulled from the water at Lake Pleasant, northwest of Phoenix.

According to Maricopa County Sheriff’s Sgt. Brandon Uptain, around 1:30 p.m. 38-year-old Nelson Gomez Rivas of Phoenix was trying to swim from one end of a cove near Scorpion Bay to the other and only got about half way when he began to struggle.

Uptain said the victim’s wife asked for help and bystanders pulled her unconscious husband to shore.

Bystanders and deputies performed CPR until paramedics arrived. Rivas was air-lifted to John C. Lincoln Hospital North in critical condition. He later died.

Uptain said Rivas was at the lake with his wife and child. Impairment was not a factor, Uptain said.

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Boy pulled from bottom of pool during birthday party

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May 252014
 

A 3-year-old boy was rushed to a Valley hospital after he was pulled from the bottom of a backyard pool in Chandler on Sunday.

Chandler Fire Department spokesman Tom Dwiggins said the boy was at a birthday party at a home near McQueen and Chandler Heights roads where there were many children and adults.

As the party was winding down at about 4:30 p.m., the boy was found at the bottom of the pool and pulled out, Dwiggins said.

He added that a 911 dispatcher gave CPR instructions until paramedics arrived and took over.

The child was transported to the hospital in extremely critical condition.

“What we didn’t have [at the party] was that eye-to-eye supervision, where somebody is always watching the kids in there,” Dwiggins said.

Dwiggins recommended adults take turns watching children in a pool at any party-type situation. He said adults could take 20-minute shifts, making sure to pay full attention to everyone in the pool and avoid distractions like texting.

A woman who answered the door at the home declined to elaborate on the situation.

She said the boy did not live at the home.

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MCSO: Man dies after jumping off cliff at Apache Lake

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May 252014
 

Authorities say a man had to be pulled from a lake east of the Valley Sunday morning.

Maricopa County Sheriff’s spokesman Chris Hegstrom said that around 11:30 a.m. the man jumped off a 100 foot cliff into about 17 feet of water at Apache Lake.

The victim was under water for about eight minutes, according to Hegstrom.

Bystanders pulled him out of the water and began “working on him,” Hegstrom said.

He was air-lifted to the hospital where he died.

The victim was identified Sunday night as 50-year-old Kelson Blair of Star Valley.

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