Dramatic scenes in the outdoor pool in Laakirchen. A 6-year-old jumped into the water and then panicked. His mother wanted to save the boy, but because the pool was too deep, both of them were in danger of drowning. Two members of the water rescue team saved the two.
The outdoor pool in Laakirchen was the scene of dramatic events for the second time in a matter of days. On Tuesday, the lifeguard was beaten so badly by a bather that he had to be hospitalized. On Thursday, a boy and a mother almost drowned. In the late afternoon, the 6-year-old boy jumped into the water from a diving platform. The mother was swimming nearby, watching her son. Suddenly the child panicked and threatened to drown. He clung to his mother, pushing her under water as well. As the pool is 1.90 meters deep at this point, the woman had no way of keeping herself and her child above water. Water rescue was on site The woman called for help. Two members of the Austrian Water Rescue Service, who were helping to monitor safety at the outdoor pool that day because the lifeguard was in hospital, recognized the danger. A rescuer jumped into the water and, together with a colleague, brought the two to the edge of the pool. Brought to hospital Mother and son had swallowed a lot of water during these dramatic scenes, and the emergency doctor was immediately called. Therefore, the two were taken to the Salzkammergut Clinic in Vöcklabruck by the emergency services.
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