Sioux Falls, SD (KELO AM) – A quick reaction by a life guard helped to save a 6 year old child that nearly drowned at Laurel Oak Pool on Tuesday.
Rescue workers were called to the pool for a report of an unconscious child. Upon arrival they found that a 17-year-old lifeguard pulled the child from the water and began CPR. The child began breathing on her own and regained consciousness shortly after CPR was started.
The child was taken by ambulance to a local hospital and is expected to make a full recovery. Names of the child and the lifeguard that pulled her from the water were not released.