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Bystanders save drowning child at New Hampton camp

Bystanders save drowning child at New Hampton camp
DROWNING AT CAMPGROUND POOL. WMUR'S SCOTT COOK HAS THE DETAILS FROM NEW HAMPTON. <CLIP 850865 0:06 "THE NEW HAMPTON FIRE DEPARTMENT CONFRIRMS TO USE THAT THEY RESPONDED TO A CALL OF A CHILD DROWNING IN THE POOL." 0:11> IT HAPPENED AT THE ADVENTURE BOUND CAMPING RESORT IN NEW HAMPTON SHORTLY BEFORE 11 O'CLOCK SATURDAY MORNING. FIRE CHIEF KEVIN LANG TELLS NEWS NINE... BY THE TIME HIS CREWS ARRIVED ON SCENE... BYSTANDERS HAD PULLED THE 8-YEAR- OLD CHILD FROM THE POOL AND STARTED PERFORMING C-P-R. THE CHILD WAS BREATHING AGAIN WHEN PARAMEDICS ARRIVED.... BUT WAS STILL TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO SPEARE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN PLYMOUTH TO BE EVALUATED. THE POOL WAS RE- OPENED TO CAMPGROUND GUESTS SHORTLY AFTER THE INCIDENT. NEWS NINE REACHED OUT TO CORPORATE MANAGEMENT WITH ADVENTURE BOUND CAMPING... WHO DECLINED
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Bystanders save drowning child at New Hampton camp
An 8-year-old child survived a near drowning in New Hampton with the help of bystanders.New Hampton Fire Department said they responded to a call of a kid drowning in the pool at Adventure Bound Camping Resort.Fire Chief Kevin Lang said bystanders pulled the child from the pool and started performing CPR by the time his crew arrived to the scene.Authorities said the child was breathing again when paramedics arrived. They transported the kid by ambulance to Speare Memorial Hospital in Plymouth as a precaution. Adventure Bound Camping Resort declined to comment.The pool closed and reopened shortly after the incident. First responders said there would be no further information for privacy reasons.

An 8-year-old child survived a near drowning in New Hampton with the help of bystanders.

New Hampton Fire Department said they responded to a call of a kid drowning in the pool at Adventure Bound Camping Resort.

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Fire Chief Kevin Lang said bystanders pulled the child from the pool and started performing CPR by the time his crew arrived to the scene.

Authorities said the child was breathing again when paramedics arrived. They transported the kid by ambulance to Speare Memorial Hospital in Plymouth as a precaution.

Adventure Bound Camping Resort declined to comment.

The pool closed and reopened shortly after the incident.

First responders said there would be no further information for privacy reasons.