2-year-old found face-down in pool

Friday, June 16, 2017
GALVESTON COUNTY, Texas -- A woman told deputies she found her 2-year-old grandson floating face-down in a pool at her home Friday morning.

According to the Galveston County Sheriff's Office, the child's grandfather said he put a movie on around 7:30 a.m. for the boy to watch. The grandfather said he walked away and when he returned, he discovered the child missing.
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Both grandparents said they immediately started searching the backyard. According to deputies, the grandmother found the child floating face-down in their pool. The grandmother retrieved him from the pool and the grandfather called 911.

Deputies say they found the grandparents administering CPR to the child when they arrived.
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The child was taken by Life Flight to Memorial Hermann Hospital.

The condition of the child is unknown.
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