7-Year-Old Girl Survives After Being Found Unconscious in Public Pool During Labor Day Outing

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The girl, whose name has not been made public, was pulled from the pool unresponsive around 4 p.m. as families gathered in the water for a Labor Day celebration, a spokesman with the D.C.’s Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department tells PEOPLE.

Paramedics were called to the scene around 4:10 p.m., and arrived to find the girl unconscious and breathing.

Shawn Zeller, a witness who called 911,told theWashington Postthat the pool was at full capacity when a man screamed and pulled the little girl from the water. He told the publication that, “She was completely lifeless. She had no control over her body. She was limp.”

Zeller detailed the incident in a Facebook postMonday evening, writing that there should have been more than two life guards alongside the packed pool.

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Officials with The D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation did not immediately respond to a request for comment from PEOPLE. Director Keith A. Anderson told thePostthat the department’s “top priority is to ensure that our guests are safe.”

Department officials said the pool was adequately staffed on the day of the incident and that lifeguards followed protocol in the incident, according to thePost. Anderson told the publication that the department will look into the “entire matter.”

source: people.com