The Brief
- A two-year-old girl wandered into an Ocoee community pool area, and the gate locked behind her, leaving her mother helplessly trapped on the outside.
- Off-duty Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood was finishing a 40-mile bike ride nearby when he heard the mother’s screams for help.
- Sheriff Chitwood used his bicycle as a ladder to climb over a fence topped with metal shards, successfully rescuing the toddler before she entered the water.
VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – A mother’s worst nightmare was captured on frantic 911 calls after her two-year-old daughter wandered into an Ocoee community pool area.
The child was saved by Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwookd, who was off duty and riding his bike in the area, he told FOX 35.
What we know:
A gate to a community pool shut and locked behind the toddler – leaving her mother completely helpless on the other side of the fence, authorities said. …