A 2-year-old boy nearly drowned Sept. 11 while playing in a pool in Bradenton Beach.
At 5:36 p.m. that day, Bradenton Beach Police Officer Kyle Orms responded to a 911 call from the 2100 block of Avenue A relating to a near-drowning.
According to the BBPD reports, the child’s father had been watching him play in the pool but looked away for less than half a minute. The dad looked back to see his son was under water. He dove in and pulled out the child, who was unconscious.
Orms arrived to render aid to the child until he regained consciousness and began expelling water from his lungs.
Orms then continued to render aid until Manatee County Emergency Medical Services arrived.
EMS determined the child needed transport by a trauma helicopter to Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg.
The child and his mother were taken to the North Coquina Boat Ramp in Bradenton Beach, where they met the chopper.
BBPD Lt. Lenard Diaz said Sept. 15 that the child was stable and expected to make a full recovery.
— Robert Anderson