NORTH LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) – A young boy is fighting for his life after police found him unresponsive in a North Lauderdale pool. <\/p>\n
According to officials, a two-year-old boy was taken to the hospital in grave condition on Sunday. <\/p>\n
Broward County deputies taped off a North Lauderdale home for hours as they continue their investigation into how the little boy wound up at the bottom of a pool on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n
7News spoke to residents who live nearby about the incident. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s heartbreaking. I feel for them. I really do, a two-year-old? Too young,\u201d said Barbara Tanner. <\/p>\n
According to North Lauderdale Fire Rescue, one of the boy\u2019s family members found the toddler unresponsive in a pool at a home on Pebble Beach.<\/p>\n
The family member immediately jumped in the water to pull the child out of the pool and then started performing CPR.<\/p>\n
Once first responders arrived, they continued CPR, and then the toddler was rushed to Broward General Medical Center for emergency treatment.<\/p>\n
Broward County deputies stayed on scene to investigate. <\/p>\n
\u201cI saw it all blocked off and I saw news reporters and everybody there, and I said something serious has happened,\u201d said Tanner. <\/p>\n
Unfortunately, this incident isn\u2019t the only drowning South Florida has seen recently.<\/p>\n