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Firefighters Airlift Child From Valencia Pool

The helicopter was off the ground minutes after Los Angeles County firefighters received reports of a 2-year-old child nearly drowned at a community pool in Valencia.


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“CPR was already in progress,” said Supervising Fire Dispatcher Martin Rangel. “They had to have gotten something in order to transport.”

First responders received the initial report of a drowned 2-year-old girl at the Northpark pool around 6:42 p.m., and arrived at the scene 5 minutes later, officials said. By 6:52 p.m. the helicopter arrived at West Creek Park.

Resuscitating the child, emergency responders airlifted the child at 7:08 p.m. to a regional medical center to receive treatment, arriving at 7:15 p.m. The status of the child is unknown at this time.

Firefighters Airlift Drowned Child from Valencia Pool

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Firefighters Airlift Child From Valencia Pool

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  1. Any chance I can find the status of this little girl??

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About Mauricio La Plante

Mauricio La Plante is a staff writer and photographer at KHTS. He started writing news stories at the Saugus Scroll at Saugus High School in 2014, and came to KHTS Radio in Jan. 2017. La Plante studies multimedia journalism at College of the Canyons, and is often reporting at breaking news scenes and local events. For any tips email him at mslaplante19@gmail.com or message him through twitter or facebook @mslaplantenews.