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Pool safety

Teaneck, NJ
News
EXCLUSIVE: Man, 60s, Critical After Being Pulled From Teaneck Pool Days After Safety Event EXCLUSIVE: Man, 60s, Critical After Being Pulled From Teaneck Pool Days After Safety Event
Exclusive: Man, 60s, Critical After Being Pulled From Teaneck Pool Days After Safety Event A man in his 60s remains in critical condition after he was pulled from the Teaneck Community Pool and unresponsive on Saturday, July 4, sources with direct knowledge of the incident told Daily Voice. The 66-year-old man was believed to have suffered a medical episode in the water of the main pool at 700 Pomander Walk, with his wife nearby, the sources said. Lifeguards performed CPR used an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) before members of the Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps (TVAC) and Advanced Life Support (ALS) took over, Deputy Chief Seth Kriegel said.  The man wa…

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by Cecilia Levine
Bethesda, MD
Business
9 Toddlers Drown, Sparking Recall Of 5 Million Backyard Pools 9 Toddlers Drown, Sparking Recall Of 5 Million Backyard Pools
9 Toddlers Drown, Sparking Recall Of 5 Million Backyard Pools Millions of backyard pools sold nationwide are being recalled after nine toddlers drowned in them, officials said. The recall affects 48-inch and taller above-ground pools made by Bestway, Intex, and Polygroup, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced on Monday, July 21. About five million of the pools have been sold in the US since 2002, including some currently available online and in stores. The danger comes from an external compression strap that runs outside the pool and over the vertical support poles. Kids can put their feet on the strap to climb into the pool, …

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by Chris Spiker
Allentown, PA
News
Toddler Left Unattended In Pool Float Drowns During July 4 Party In Allentown, Dad Sentenced:DA Toddler Left Unattended In Pool Float Drowns During July 4 Party In Allentown, Dad Sentenced:DA
Toddler Left Unattended In Pool Float Drowns During July 4 Party In Allentown, Dad Sentenced:DA A Pennsylvania father has been sentenced in connection with the drowning death of his 23-month-old son during a backyard pool party, authorities announced on Friday, May 23. Rafael Cabrera, 40, of Allentown, pleaded no contest to Felony Involuntary Manslaughter for the 2022 death of his son, Aydeen Cabrera, the Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office said. Cabrera was sentenced to five years of probation by Judge James T. Anthony. Allentown police were called to the family's home on the 500 block of North Fenwick Street around 6:20 p.m. on Monday, July 4, 202,2 for a report of a toddler fo…

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by Jillian Pikora
Lower Paxton, PA
Police & Fire
Boy Dies After 2 Children Found Unresponsive In Pool: Susquehanna Twp Police (UPDATE) Boy Dies After 2 Children Found Unresponsive In Pool: Susquehanna Twp Police (UPDATE)
Boy Dies After 2 Children Found Unresponsive In Pool: Susquehanna Twp Police (Update) An 8-year-old boy has died two months after two children were found unresponsive in a community pool, the Susquehanna Township Police announced on Monday, Oct. 21.  The children were found in the pool at the Whisper Woods apartment complex in the 360 block of Brookridge Terrace in Susquehanna Township around 5:30 p.m. on July 31, the police restated in the updated release.  EMS were called to the scene providing life-saving aid to the children until they were taken to the hospital. The boy later passed away, but a teenage girl survived, the police wrote in the updated release.&nb…

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by Jillian Pikora
Egg Harbor Township, NJ
News
Toddler Falls Into South Jersey Pool, Airlifted To Hospital: State Police Toddler Falls Into South Jersey Pool, Airlifted To Hospital: State Police
Toddler Falls Into South Jersey Pool, Airlifted To Hospital: State Police A toddler was airlifted after falling into a pool in Buena Vista Township, authorities said. Troopers responded to a possible drowning of a child at a home on Bellavista Avenue at around 5:50 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 11, a state police spokesperson said. The three-year-old had fallen into the pool before troopers arrived. The child was airlifted to a hospital for medical treatment. The toddler's condition wasn't known as of press time. State police also said the incident remained under investigation.

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by Chris Spiker
Rye, NY
Police & Fire
5-Year-Old Goes Into Cardiac Arrest While In Pool At Rye Playland 5-Year-Old Goes Into Cardiac Arrest While In Pool At Rye Playland
5-Year-Old Goes Into Cardiac Arrest While In Pool At Rye Playland A 5-year-old boy was hospitalized in critical condition after suffering a medical emergency while in a pool at a busy Westchester amusement park.  New, updated report - 5-Year-Old Dies After Incident At Rye Playland Pool The incident happened on Thursday, Aug. 1 around 2:20 p.m., when a possible drowning of a child was reported at Playland Park in Rye, Westchester County Police Public Information Officer Kieran O'Leary said on Friday, Aug. 2.  Arriving police and park rangers found that the pool's lifeguards had removed the boy from the pool and were giving medical help…

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by Ben Crnic
Villas-Lower Township, NJ
News
Child On Respirator After Near Drowning At Jersey Shore Motel Pool: Report Child On Respirator After Near Drowning At Jersey Shore Motel Pool: Report
Child On Respirator After Near Drowning At Jersey Shore Motel Pool: Report A 5-year-old girl was on a respirator after a near-drowning in a motel pool in North Wildwood Thursday, Sept. 22, NJ Advance Media reported. The girl had been staying with her family at the Roman Holiday Resort motel on John F. Kennedy Beach Drive and was seen jumping in and out of the pool with other children on surveillance footage, when she hit her head on another child's elbow and went under the water sometime around 5:50 p.m., the outlet said citing local police. First responders took over CPR started by good Samaritans at the scene, and the girl was  flown to Children’s Hospital …

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by Jon Craig
Teaneck, NJ
News
UPDATE: 7-Year-Old Girl Drowns In Rented Backyard Pool In Teaneck UPDATE: 7-Year-Old Girl Drowns In Rented Backyard Pool In Teaneck
Update: 7-Year-Old Girl Drowns In Rented Backyard Pool In Teaneck UPDATE: A 7-year-old Newark girl had been reported missing before she was found drowned over the weekend in a backyard Teaneck pool that its owners rent out for parties, authorities said. Officers and neighbors were searching for the girl after she'd been reported missing early Sunday evening, Teaneck Police Chief Glenn O'Reilly said. They found her at the bottom of the in-ground pool on Westervelt Place near Teaneck Road shortly after 6 p.m., the chief said. The officers conducted CPR, then escorted an ambulance to Holy Name Medical Center, where the child was pronounced dead at 7:22 p.m…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lynn, MA
Police & Fire
Young Woman Drowns In Pool At Club In Greater Boston Area, Report Says Young Woman Drowns In Pool At Club In Greater Boston Area, Report Says
Young Woman Drowns In Pool At Club In Greater Boston Area, Report Says A 22-year-old woman has drowned in a pool in the Greater Boston area on the afternoon of Tuesday, June 7, CBS Boston reports.  The incident happened in Essex County, in the Town of Nahant, at the Cary Street Club around 3 p.m. on Tuesday, June 7, the outlet reports.  The woman was taken to a local hospital where she later died. A person at the scene said the woman an au-pair for one of two families in the pool, according to an article from Itemlive.  The woman apparently diving in the pool for something when “something was wrong” as she came up for air, the outlet …

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by David Cifarelli
Lower Paxton, PA
News
Clearer Water May Have Prevented The Drowning Of Boy At Hotel In Harrisburg, County DA Says Clearer Water May Have Prevented The Drowning Of Boy At Hotel In Harrisburg, County DA Says
Clearer Water May Have Prevented The Drowning Of Boy At Hotel In Harrisburg, County DA Says A 7-year-old boy's drowning last month at a central Pennsylvania hotel might have been preventable, according to information from the Dauphin County District Attorney Attorney Frank Chardo. Crews were called to the Red Lion Hotel at 4751 Lindle Road for a reported drowning on June 23 shortly before 10 p.m., as Daily Voice reported at the time. Two factors may have contributed to the drowned according to District Attorney Fran Chardo: An over-crowded pool-- there were over a dozen people in the pool at the time of the drowning. Cloudy water-- someone vomited in the pool earlier that day so…

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by Jillian Pikora