Boy drowns in Eagan pool

[Thor_MN]

5. One of most awful things I have seen was a three year girl underwater.

I was in Aruba, vacation with my cousin and their kids. We were in the pool and there was a short little slide into the pool. I was catching the 5 year old at the bottom of the slide because she was a little scared, but once in the water, she would paddle to the ladder and run back to the slide. I was watching her get to the ladder and heard a splash behind me. Turned around and saw a three year old standing on the bottom in three feet of water, looking up at me, head totally submerged.

Her dad launched out of the hot tub next to the pool and I lunged towards her. We had her 7 feet in the air within seconds after she went in and she was crying as soon as she broke the surface. I'll never forget the look on her face as she stared at me through the water. Happy outcome, but scary.