A drama unfolded in the garden of a family in St. Aegidi in the Innviertel (Upper Austria) on Tuesday evening. A 20-month-old girl suddenly found herself floating lifeless in the pool, even though she was wearing a child’s life jacket. Her father fished the little girl out of the water and started resuscitation attempts. The child is in hospital.
The little girl was splashing around in an inflatable whirlpool set up in the garden of the parental home with her five-year-old brother at around 7:10 p.m. on Tuesday. The 20-month-old child was wearing a child’s life jacket.
The father was sitting only ten meters away at the time and became alert when he suddenly heard no more sound from his children playing. He looked and saw his daughter floating motionless on her stomach on the surface of the water.
Resuscitation attempts
He reacted immediately, jumped into the pool, pulled the little girl out and started resuscitation measures. The emergency services were also alerted. It was also possible to resuscitate the toddler. The girl was flown to the University Hospital of Linz by the rescue helicopter Christophorus 10.
Father in shock
The completely shocked father and five-year-old brother had to be taken in by the Austrian Red Cross Crisis Intervention Team (KIT).
Source: Krone
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