A 10-year-old boy was taken to a local hospital this eveningafter he nearly drowned in swimming pool at the Omni TucsonNational Resort on the northwest side, authorities said.
Authorities were called to the resort, near North Shannon and WestMagee roads, after receiving a report of a boy falling into thepool, said Deputy Jason Ogan, a Pima County Sheriff’s Departmentspokesman.
The boy was alert and breathing when he was taken to the hospital,Ogan said.
Most of the time when we report on drownings and near drownings, it’s because a child somehow found their way into a pool.
But on Monday, paramedics were called to a home in Mesa after a child nearly drowned in the home’s bathroom – not in the bathtub though. The little girl fell into the toilet.
The Mesa Fire Department and Cardon Children’s Hospital are using this case as a chance to remind people to take a look around their home and see if there’s something you could be doing to make your child safer.
A hospital is the very last place anyone wants to have to rush to, but a frantic father found himself there with his daughter.
“It doesn’t all come back to swimming pools and canals..again it can be a bucket of water and a toilet,” said Mesa Fire Dept. Captain Forrest Smith.
The little girl is okay, but it’s a reminder to all of us, especially parents, that your house can be a danger zone in ways you never imagined.
On Monday morning in Mesa, the toilet turned out to be danger to a 1-year-old found face first in the toilet bowl.
“With the little kids their heads are huge..they’re so heavy their neck muscles are weak, so once a kid gets his head down, they can’t get back up,” said Smith.
A popular way of childproofing is to for people to get on their hands and knees and crawl through their homes, giving them a child’s eye view. You may see dangers down there you would otherwise miss.
“Watch Your Children Around Water” – it’s a lesson FOX 10’s Dave Munsey has been repeating for years. Take a look at this video as he explains how it can happen in things like buckets and toilets.
The Glendale Fire Department says a16-month-old girl remains in critical condition Monday after shewas found floating in a swimming pool.
Paramedics responded to a residence near 51st and Olive AvenuesSaturday evening on a child drowning call. Rescuers found an adultperforming CPR on the child.
The little girl was stabilized and transported to BannerThunderbird Hospital.
Investigators think the child followed the family dog through adoggie door and into the backyard. Several minutes later, she wasfound in the pool by adults.
Although swimming season is over, the fire department asksparents to continue watching their children around water, evenduring the winter months.
GLENDALE, Ariz. — A 16-month-old girl is in the hospital fighting for her life tonight after she was found floating in a backyard pool.DanielValenzuela with Glendale Fire told CBS 5 news three adults were in thehome watching a movie when they lost track of the 16-month-old. Theyfound her 10 minutes later floating in the backyard pool.Two other children were in the home as well.The toddler was taken to Banner Thunderbird Hospital.
Authorities say a toddler who was taken to a Valley hospitalSaturday after she was pulled from a backyard pool remains in criticalcondition.
Glendale Fire Department spokesman Daniel Valenzuelasaid the approximately 18-month-old girl was found floating in the poolat a home near 51st and Olive avenues.
Valenzuela said the girl was not breathing on her own when she was transported to the hospital.
Accordingto Valenzuela there were three adults home at the time, watching amovie. He said the girl was unaccounted for for at least 10 minutes.
“Thisholiday weekend will never be the same for this family or anyone whoknows the family,” he said. “Water doesn’t discriminate and drowningsaren’t something that only happens in warm weather.”
“It rips myheart out,” said Mary Jasmine, a neighbor who knows the family. “It isso important to keep your eyes on your kids. You only get them once.”
Valenzuela said there was a barrier between the pool and the house but did not believe there was a pool fence.
It’s unclear how the girl managed to get into the backyard.
A 2-year-old boy was pulled from a north Phoenix pool after he was found floating at the top Saturday morning, authorities said.
The boy was found breathing but unconscious shortly before 10 a.m., according to Phoenix Fire Department Capt. Tony Mure. It was unclear how long he had been in the pool. He was transported to Phoenix Children’s Hospital for treatment, Mure said.
The incident happened near Thunderbird Road and Central Avenue in Phoenix.
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A toddler is dead after drowning in a Yuma canal on Monday. The toddler’s family reported the 18-month-old as missing just after 10 a.m. on Monday. His body was found after a cooperative search.
The toddler has been identified as 18-month-old Diego Magallanes of Yuma. Deputies and U.S. Border Patrol agents found Diego’s body in the canal, one mile away from his home on the 3800 Block of West First Street.
Footprints leading to the scene indicate Diego could’ve fallen into the canal where the water’s as deep as three or four feet. Paramedics rushed him to Yuma Regional Medical Center where doctors pronounced him dead.
Yuma county sheriff’s deputies are investigating the incident. They want to know exactly how the little boy wound up so close to the canal. Captain Eben Bratcher with the Yuma County Sheriff’s Office said, “We’ll investigate all of the circumstances to find out how an 18-month-old could have had the opportunity to fall into a canal unsupervised, and we’ll see where that takes us.”
Deputies ask anyone with information on the toddler’s death to contact the Yuma County Sheriff’s Office at (928)783-4427.
Authorities have identified three men who were found dead after they disappeared while boating at a lake northeast of Phoenix.
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office says the men were camping with family and friends when they left to go boating on the Verde River at 1 a.m. Sunday.
They have been identified as 32-year-old Francisco Antonio Cruz, 25-year-old Jose Alberto Castaneda, and 21-year-old Jose Luis Castaneda. Authorities say all were from Phoenix.
Authorities say the none of the men were wearing life jackets and it’s believed their boat tipped over and they couldn’t survive in the cold, murky water.
“We were swimming arms length apart and you know the difference between a rock and a victim” said Deputy Jeff Hanson who was the first diver to find a body.
The river waters are cold and murky. Visibility for divers was only a few inches.
Family members notified authorities after realizing later Sunday morning that the men hadn’t returned.
Rescue crews from the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office looked for the men throughout Sunday before halting the search at darkness. The search resumed Monday morning and included six rescue divers.
The men’s bodies were found Monday in Horseshoe Lake. Deputies say the men did not have flotation devices and were wearing heavy clothing which would end up weighing them down. The bodies were found together in about 10 feet of water.
A 2-year-old boy was taken to a hospital after he was found floating in a swimming pool by his mother Saturday morning in Tempe.
Tempe fire spokesman Deems Shepard said his parents were doing landscaping work at the home when the mother discovered their 2-year-old son in the pool. She pulled him out and called 911.
The boy was conscience and crying when paramedics arrived, Shepard said. The boy was taken to a hospital to get checked out.
A north Phoenix family is counting their blessings Sunday after their 2-year-old boy nearly drowned.
It happened in the backyard pool at the family’s home near Central Avenue and Thunderbird Road on Saturday.
PatriciaWright says she was cleaning up around the pool when she took her eyesoff her young son Aiden for only a moment, looked back and he wasgone. She found him face down in the pool.
“It was the worst moment of my life,” Wright said.
Shequickly scooped Aiden out of the water and started CPR even though shehas no formal training. “I just knew I had to breathe for him,” sheexplained.
Wright says Aiden was breathing by the timeparamedics arrived, but he wasn’t out of the woods yet. His bodytemperature had dropped to 96 degrees and doctors induced a coma forthe boys protection.
Just 24 hours later the boy seems good as new.
“We have been blessed,” said Gregg Wright, the boy’s father. “I don’t know what we would do without him.”
The Wright family says they will get a pool fence or another protective barrier immediately.
