RAW: First responders at the scene of a near drowning at a community pool in Lauderhill.
A child was rushed to the hospital after he was found unconscious in a pool in Lauderhill on Friday afternoon.
The incident happened at a community pool in the 2300 block of Northwest 56th Avenue.
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Lauderhill Fire Rescue officials said they were told bystanders pulled the child out of the pool.
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One woman said she came across the scene and jumped in to help.
"I ran in and then once I got inside, I saw the kids holding him on the steps on the deep end and I just grabbed him, and I put him on the deck," she said. "As I got ready to position his head to do CPR, he started gasping and some fluid started coming out and we turned him on his side and more came out."
The woman said police and an ambulance arrived moments later.
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The boy, who's between 10 and 11, was rushed to Broward Health Medical Center in serious condition. He was unconscious but breathing, officials said.
No other information was immediately available.
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