7-year-old boy drowns in Lake Natoma, park officials say
The little boy was not wearing a life jacket, according to officials
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Updated: 11:12 PM PDT Jun 28, 2021
Brittany Hope
The little boy was not wearing a life jacket, according to officials
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Updated: 11:12 PM PDT Jun 28, 2021
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WAR.TE ♪ >> WE WERE OUT THERE, ENJOYING THE DAY, BBEARCUING AND TALKING ABOUT SWIMMING. REPORTER: A SUNNY SATURDAATY LAKE NATOMA, GONE TERRIBLY WRONG. >> WERE OUT IN THE WATER. I SEEN AN EMERGENCY PATROL BOAT ,. HE H TASHE SIRENS ON. >> A CLEAR THE WATER, GOT EVERYBODY OUT AND HELICOPTER CAME. BUT THERE THE BANK. THEY START TO TRY TO RESUSCITATE HIM. IT DIDN’T WORK OUT. REPORT:ER TWO FRIENDS WHO WATCHED STATE PARK OFFICIALS SEARCH FOR A SEVEN-YR-EAOLD BOY WHO VANISHED THIS SURATDAY NEAR THE SACRAMENTO STATE AQUATIC CENTER AT LAKE NATOMA. >> WHEN THE PARK RANGER CAME, WE ASKED WHAT HAPPENED, SHE SDAI HE DID NOT MAKE IT. MY HEART JUST DROPPED. REPORTER: PARKS OFFICIALS SAY THE LITTLE BOY WAS MISSING FOR ABOUT AN HOUR BEFORE STATE PARKS LIFEGUARDS FOUND HIM IN ABOUT 20 FEET OF WATER. IN THE STATEMENT, THE AGENCY SAID HE WAS TRANSPORTED TOC U DAVIS MEDICAL CENTER, WHERE HE WA S LATER PRONOUNCED DEAD. THEY ALSO CONFIRMED THE SEVEN-YEAR-OLD BOY DID NOT HAVE A LIFE VEST ON. >> TSHI IS THE REASON WE HAVE THOSE PROGRAMS AVAILABLE. IF SOMEONE DOESN’T BRING A LIFE JACK,ET WE HAVE THE OPTION TO PUT E ONON. IT CAN PREVENT TRAGEDY. REPORTER: THE FREE LIFE VEST LOAN PROGRAM. YOU WILL SEE STANDS LIKE THIS AT MANY WATERWAYS, STATEWIDE. REGARDLESS OF YOUR AGE OR HOW GOOD A SWIMMER YOU THINK YOU MIGHT BE, THE ATSTE PARK SAYS IT IS IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO WEAR AIF LE VEST, ESPECIALLY IN COLDER WATERS, LIKE HERE AT LAKE NATOMA. ONE FAMILY WE SPOKE WITH HAD NO IDEA A LITTLE BOY RECENTLY DROWNED HERE. >> I FEEL SO SORRY FOR THEM. I DON’T KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO. REPOER:RT TONIGHT, A SIMARIL SENTIMENT FROM STATE OFFICIA,LS FAMILIES AND WITNESSES TO THIS TRAGEDY. >> THAT LITETL BOY WAS SURROUNDED BY 100 PEOPLE AND NOBODY SAW ANYTHING. MY MESSAGE TO THE PARENTS IS, KEEP AN EYE ON YOUR CHILD. >> MY HRTEA ACHES FOR THEIR FAMILY AND ALL THEIR LOVED ONE