The 2.5-year-old child that drowned in a private pool in Moshav Yavniel on Lag B�Omer is reported in serious condition on Monday morning 19 Iyar. According to preliminary police findings, at the time of the event the toddler was in the care of a 15-year-old and the parents were not at home. Police add it was a small pool, 4 meters X 8 meters.
When the child arrived at the community clinic he was in cardiac arrest. The staff immediately began CPR. The child was then transported to Poriah Hospital in Tiveria in a Magen David Adom paramedic unit.
(YWN � Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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The article says drowned and then says “in serious condition”. What’s the story? Can we say Tehillim?
#1: YWN still doesn’t realize that the definition of the word “drowned” includes that the victim died, R”L. This is not the case here, B”H, so the victim did NOT drown.