Harrowing scenes as a toddler is pulled unconscious from the swimming pool at the Whitlam Leisure Center in Liverpool
A two-year-old boy has been rushed to hospital after he was found face down in a public swimming pool
Emergency services were called to the Whitlam Leisure Center in Liverpool, south-west Sydney, on Sunday afternoon after a boy was dragged unconscious from the children’s pool.
A member of the public made the gruesome discovery and sprang into action.
“As soon as we walked out, I saw it [sic] a baby floating on the water and me [asked my friend] “Is it a toy or a baby?” he said to TNV News.
‘He said ‘a baby’ and [my friend] I ran out to ask the lifeguard for help and I got him out of the water and everyone gathered around me.”
A two-year-old child has been rushed to hospital after almost drowning in a public swimming pool in Liverpool
The little boy was found face down in the children’s pool at Whitlam Leisure Centre
‘He was face down and I brought him up. Something yellow came out of his mouth and I tried to help him as soon as I got out of the water.’
“I’m just glad he’s safe and he’s alive.”
Four NSW Ambulance units attended the scene, where the boy’s distraught mother was comforted by family members and paramedics.
Evacuation warnings could be heard in the background, ordering visitors to leave the site.
The toddler was rushed to Westmead Children’s Hospital in a serious condition.
Distraught family members comforted each other as paramedics treated the little boy
The toddler was rushed to Westmead Children’s Hospital in a serious condition
Whitlam Leisure Center was packed with visitors at the time of the near-drowning.
The pool was evacuated and closed shortly afterwards as NSW Police established a crime scene.
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