FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) – A toddler is fighting for his life after he was found unresponsive in the backyard pool of a North Lauderdale home.<\/p>\n
According to North Lauderdale Fire Rescue, the 2-year-old victim was taken to the hospital in critical condition, Sunday morning.<\/p>\n
Broward Sheriff\u2019s Office deputies taped off a home in the Pebble Beach community for hours as they continued their investigation into how the little boy wound up at the bottom of the pool.<\/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 2-year-old? Too young,\u201d said Barbara Tanner.<\/p>\n
\u201cA sad situation,\u201d said a nearby resident. <\/p>\n
Officials said one of the boy\u2019s family members found the toddler unresponsive in the pool.<\/p>\n
The family member immediately jumped in the water to pull the child out of the pool and 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
Deputies stayed at the scene to investigate.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was all blocked off, and I saw news reporters and everybody there, and I said, \u2018Something serious has happened,’\u201d said Tanner.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, this incident isn\u2019t the only drowning South Florida has seen recently.<\/p>\n