Parents, first responders recount rescue of 2-year-old from pool in Paterson

  • Source: WABC-TV ABC 7
  • Published: 08/14/2019 12:00 AM

A toddler was revived after being found unconscious in a pool in New Jersey. Now, in an Eyewitness News exclusive, her parents and the first responders who rushed to the house are sharing the harrowing details of her rescue. The parents found their 2-year-old daughter Liz unconscious earlier this month in her backyard pool in Paterson, which sent her mother into a panic. "We look at the baby, she is not breathing and we panic," said the child's stepfather Alvaro Flores. "She screams, she says call 911, call 911." Liz had been wearing a floaty but somehow ended up underwater. It all happened in just a few short moments. "She was floating in the pool," said her mother, Lisselotte Lopez. The family frantically called 911 and the operator gave instructions for CPR.



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