A one-year-old girl is expected to recover after being pulled from a pond and revived by a nearby construction worker in South Surrey Wednesday morning.
The girl鈥檚 mother found the child floating in the pond shortly before 9:50 a.m. near the 127 Street and 20A Avenue intersection, Surrey RCMP said.
Cpl. Scotty Schumann told Thursday that the child was not breathing, and a nearby worker jumped in and 鈥渞esuscitated鈥� the child.
鈥淪he must have found her right after she went into the water,鈥� Schumann said of the mother鈥檚 actions.
Schumann 鈥� who said police do not have intimate details of the call because it was not a criminal investigation 鈥� said a BC Air Ambulance landed at a nearby school and the girl was transported to hospital.
鈥淚鈥檓 going to stick my neck out here and say the child was fine,鈥� Schumann said, adding that the police file says the child was transported to hospital 鈥渁s precaution.鈥�
The Surrey Fire Department did not respond to PAN request for comment by deadline Thursday morning.
However, the Surrey Fire Fighters Association Local 1271 tweeted:
鈥淎 positive outcome for this little one is what is important. Bystanders and first responders came together to save a life. We are hoping for a quick and full recovery.鈥�
