A 2-year-old girl is currently being treated at Broward Health Medical Center after she nearly drowned in a hotel pool in Fort Lauderdale. The incident occurred yesterday evening at the Sheraton Suites Fort Lauderdale at Cypress Creek, as first reported by Local 10. According to the report, the emergency services were called to the scene after a distressing discovery led to an onlooker performing CPR on the child.
Authorities responded to the 911 call around 6:45 p.m., and upon arrival, they found the girl had been pulled from the water and was receiving ongoing CPR from a bystander. Local 10 informs that it took the first responders approximately four minutes to reach the hotel located on Cypress Creek Boulevard near I-95. The Fort Lauderdale Police and Fire Rescue teams swiftly took over the resuscitation efforts before the girl was transported to the hospital.
The child's health condition remains undisclosed as of late yesterday night. A statement obtained by Local 10 did not provide any updates on her status post the near-drowning incident.
Rescue efforts were documented by both Local 10 and WSVN, with the latter confirming that the police and fire rescue units were indeed the first to respond to the scene.
Efforts to find out more about the circumstances leading to this unfortunate event are ongoing. Police have not yet released information about how the girl ended up in the pool and whether supervision was present at the time of the accident. However, WSVN notes that "CPR was administered on the toddler prior to first responders' arrival," emphasizing the critical role the initial assistance may have played in her survival.
