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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.