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A 4-year-old boy was airlifted to the hospital after police rescued him from a drowning early Thursday evening in Old Tappan, responders said.
It wasn t immediately clear how long the Deer Trail boy had been in the pool when he was found floating around 6:30 p.m.
Responding police officers conducted CPR and got a pulse. EMS workers took over soon after.
AirMed One touched down at nearby Stone Point Park around 7 p.m. and flew the boy to Hackensack University Medical Center.
CPR continued before the chopper reached the HUMC main campus in Hackensack around 7:15 p.m.
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UPDATE: A 2-year-old Old Tappan boy who was pulled from a backyard swimming pool died despite furious efforts to save his life, authorities said Friday. They worked on him in the ER for 20 minutes before pronouncing him at Hackensack University Medical Center, a responder said.
Responding police officers conducted CPR and got a pulse after the boy was pulled from the pool around 6:30 p.m. Thursday, they said.
It wasn t immediately clear how long he d been in the water.
EMS workers took over and continued CPR after AirMed One touched down at nearby Stone Point Park around 7 p.m.