Teen falls unconscious while swimming

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Posted: 07/12/2012

COCKEYSVILLE, Md. (WMAR) - A 15-year-old boy is recovering after he was found floating unconscious in a Cockeysville pool.

Police say emergency personnel responded to the Saddlebrook Apartments pool in the 300 block of Foxfire Place just before 4:00 p.m. for reports of a cardiac arrest, but instead they found the unconscious teen.

The teen had been swimming when for an unknown reason he fell unconscious. Bystanders at the pool pulled the teen from the water and performed CPR until medics arrived.

The teen was taken to a local hospital for treatment where he is listed in critical condition.

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