Plantation boy, 4, drowns in backyard pool

PLANTATION — A 4-year-old boy drowned Sunday afternoon in his family's backyard pool.

The boy's grandmother was watching him while his father was at work, said Battalion Chief Joe Gordon, of Plantation Fire Rescue.

The grandmother may have fallen asleep, Gordon said.

The father discovered his son at the bottom of the pool about 3:40 p.m. when he returned to the home in the 5000 block of Southwest Second Street.

The father pulled the boy from the pool and called 911. When emergency crews arrived, they attempted to resuscitate the boy.

The boy was taken to Plantation General Hospital, where doctors attempted for at least a half hour to resuscitate him before he was declared dead, Gordon said.

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