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Report: ‘Miracle’ Recovery for 5-Year-Old New Canaan Boy Nearly Drowned in Pool

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The five-year-old New Canaan boy who was nearly drowned in a pool in Stamford has recovered well enough to be released from Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital after his condition took a dramatic turn for the better over the weekend, according to a news report. The boy was water for four minutes early Thursday afternoon before he was rescued in a relatively shallow pool at the Chelsea Piers sports complex in Stamford, according to reports in the Stamford Advocate. After a 23-year-old lifeguard on the scene pulled the boy from the water, Chelsea Piers staff and medics administered three rounds of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (“CPR”) to get him breathing again, according to a report on Monday. The child had been taken by helicopter to the New Haven hospital Friday while he was in dire condition, but not before the helicopter flight had been held up when the boy went into a seizure, reports said. Police had originally said he was under water for three minutes, but they later saw a video recording showing it was four minutes, according to reports.

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UPDATE: New Canaan Boy, 5, Remains in Intensive Care After Near Drowning in Stamford

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Update 6:24 p.m., Friday:

A five-year-old New Canaan boy who nearly drowned in Stamford Thursday was in “critically stable” condition Friday in the intensive care unit of Yale New Haven Hospital, according to a report. According to an article in the Stamford Advocate, citing Stamford police:

The boy was pulled from a 37-by-22-foot shallow pool at Chelsea Piers by a 23-year-old lifeguard after spending about three minutes under water. The boy was heavily medicated and doctors are now beginning to lessen the amount of medication. His helicopter trip to the New Haven hospital was delayed when he went into seizures. Police are reviewing a video recording from Chelsea Piers.