Man Saw ‘Something Floating’ in Apartment Complex Pool, Then Realized 3-Year-Old Child Was in Critical Condition

Martin Zaragoza rescued the toddler, who was then rushed to the hospital

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  • A 3-year-old boy is in serious condition after he was pulled from a pool in Phoenix, Ariz., on Friday, June 19
  • His rescuer was passing by when he spotted “something floating” in the water and rushed to pull the child out
  • An investigation into the incident is ongoing

A toddler is in highly critical condition after he was rescued from an apartment complex pool in Arizona.

“Poor little guy,” Martin Zaragoza told NBC affiliate KPNX of discovering a 3-year-old boy in a pool in Phoenix on Friday, June 19.

That Friday afternoon, just after 1 p.m. local time, Zaragoza saw the alarming sight at a pool in an apartment complex on Colter Street near 11th Avenue, KPNX, Arizona’s Family and radio station KTAR-FM reported…

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