A 3-year-old girl was in critical condition after a near-drowning at a home in Cutler Bay Monday, officials said.
Miami-Dade Police said the girl had been rescued from a pool at a home in the 8300 block of Southwest 18th Terrace shortly before 1:30 p.m.
The girl was airlifted by Miami Fire Rescue to a local hospital where she was in critical condition.
No other information was immediately known. The incident remains under investigation.
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Neighbor Malissa Hayes said she heard screams coming from the house, saw the commotion and called her husband, who went over to try to resuscitate the girl.
"She was not moving, and they were panicking," Hayes said. "...he was telling them to turn her over, he could hear there was something going on — they could not get her pulse back, her breathing."
While the state does not report near-drownings, according to its data, 91 children drowned in Florida in 2022, with six of those deaths in Broward and six in Miami-Dade. Kids ages 3 and under make up 75% of those deaths. In 2021, the state hit a record high, with 99 children drowning.
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