Children's Safety Zone

A Valley father received a call that his 1-year-old son was in the hospital and they weren’t sure if he was going to survive.

It was May 13, 2008 when Eric Myers’ wife went to check on her son who was being watched by a relative.

That relative had a backyard swimming pool, but no fencing around it.

The boy was found floating in the water. He had been in there for four minutes.

Four years later, Myers took part in a news conference hosted by the Mesa Fire Department and Cardon Children’s Medical Center warning parents about the dangers of unsupervised children in homes with pools.

“Go home tonight,” Myers said, “sit on the couch with your kids and actually look at a clock. Watch the hands move and count four minutes. Watch how many times your child takes a breath during that time and imagine those breaths being robbed by water.”

Doctors were able to save Myers’ son, who is now a healthy 5-year-old, he said.

So far this year, seven children have drowned in the Valley.

GLENDALE, AZ – Authorities say a 6-month old girl has died Tuesday morning after she was left unattended in a bathtub.

The incident happened around 4:30 a.m. at an apartment complex near 59th Avenue and Bethany Home Road.

Glendale police Sgt. Brent Coombs said the baby soiled her diaper, and her parents took her to the bathtub to clean her up.

The parents reportedly left her unattended for a brief moment and returned to find the baby in the water.

Glendale fire officials said the girl was pulled from the tub and appeared blue.

Police officers first arrived on scene and performed CPR on the girl.

They were able to revive her, but her condition worsened either on the way to the hospital or upon arrival.

Coombs said the infant was fighting for her life in the hospital until she passed away a few hours later.

Officers were conducting an investigation at the scene with police tape surrounding the home.

It’s unclear if any charges will be filed.

Mesa fire crews responded to two separate drowning calls seven minutes apart Saturday afternoon.

Fire officials said both calls involved 3-year-old males who had been under water for an unknown period of time.

The first incident occurred just after 3 p.m. near Elliot and Meridian roads in east Mesa.

Officials said an adult male had started CPR and when paramedics arrived the child was breathing and alert. The boy went to Cardon’s Children’s Hospital.

The second call was made just minutes later and appeared more critical.

Mesa police spokesman Anthony Landato said this incident happened near Baseline and Crismon roads.

Fire officials said the child was “in full arrest” with CPR in progress. That 3-year-old boy was also transported to Cardon’s Children’s Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Rescuers were unable to resuscitate a woman who was found unconscious in her pool by her husband Thursday afternoon, according to the Tempe Police Department.

Police and firefighters responded to the home in the 1400 block of East Colt after receiving a call that the woman had drowned, Tempe police spokeswoman Molly Enright said.

Firefighters were unsuccessful in resuscitating the woman, according to Enright.

Detectives are investigating the incident, she added.

A 3-year-old boy was found at the bottom of the pool Friday, at the Embassy Suites located at 2630 E. Camelback.

He was pulled from the water, and the boy’s father and another individual administered CPR. Two hotel employees also helped.

The child started crying and breathing again on his own. Paramedics rushed him to a nearby hospital.

It’s not clear how long he was submerged or how he ended up in the pool. He is expected to be ok.