Child in critical condition after being pulled from Phoenix pool: FD

A child was taken to the hospital in critical condition after he was pulled from a backyard pool on Dec. 20 in Phoenix.

A child was taken to the hospital in critical condition after he was pulled from a backyard pool in Phoenix, firefighters said.

According to a statement, the incident happened in a residential neighborhood north of the interaction of Thomas Road and 40th Street. When crews arrived, they found a one-and-a-half-year-old boy crying and breathing on his own.

"The family states that the child was submerged in a backyard pool for a brief amount of time," read a portion of the statement.

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