Arizona Child Comes Back to Life After Being Declared Dead for Over Five Hours Following Drowning

This isn’t supposed to be possible. And yet…

This article originally aired on The Gateway Pundit and was republished with permission.

Guest post by Anthony Scott

A child in Arizona who was declared dead for over five hours has come back to life.

During Super Bowl weekend, first responders were called to a Gilbert, Arizona, home for a drowning incident involving a child.

According to AZ Family, the child was rescued by first responders who immediately attempted to revive the child with life-saving measures.

Emergency officials proceeded to transport the child to a local hospital, where the child was later pronounced dead at 6:20 p.m.

However, over five hours later, the child began to show signs of life at 11:30 p.m. and was taken to another hospital to receive more treatment.

Per 12 News:

An East Valley child who was declared dead after being found in a backyard pool in early February is expected to survive, according to the Gilbert Police Department.

Police and fire officials responded to a “drowning call” near East Chandler Heights and South Higley roads at 5:35 p.m. on Feb. 8, after a child was reportedly found in a backyard pool. Upon arrival, Gilbert officials provided life-saving measures before the child was taken to a local hospital, police said.

Additional life-saving measures were administered by medical staff at the hospital; however, the child was declared dead at 6:20 p.m.

Police said that, later that evening, just before 11:30 p.m., officials were notified that the child showed signs of life and was airlifted to another Valley hospital for further treatment.

This isn’t the first time a child in Arizona was declared dead following a drowning incident and later came back to life.

In February of 2016, a toddler was found by first responders in a pool after drowning in the water for over 5 minutes.

The toddler was rushed to the hospital, where doctors performed life-saving measures for over 90 minutes before declaring her dead.

However, a miracle occurred.

An hour later, the toddler coughed, and she has since fully recovered.

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