Kids Get Electrified In Pool Due To Faulty Pump (SFW)
- Publish date
- Friday, 23 May 2014, 12:22PM
A group of children suffered serious injuries when a malfunctioning pump at a Florida condominium complex released electricity into a swimming pool.
Surveillance video shows a young girl in the pool suddenly become motionless after she grabbed a metal pole. She and two other children were shocked while playing in the water at the Palms West Gardens Condominium complex in Hialeah, just outside Miami.
In the video, the girl is seeing suddenly floating very still with her head tilted back. A man sees her in trouble and tries to help, but is also shocked momentarily when he grabs the metal pole. He eventually pulls her out.
Other children had to also be pulled from the hazardous water by adults.
"I was in the pool and then the metal railing, I was swimming close to it, and I felt a shock," said Diego Cabrera, 10.
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