US EditionDRAMATIC VIDEO: Florida boy, 6, found in chest-deep water on Christmas Day after escaping home
The autistic boy was rescued cold but unharmed from a pond for the second consecutive year after escaping his home, prompting safety measures including swimming lessons and a tracking device.
- This year on Christmas Day the Volusia Sheriff's Office reported a 6-year-old boy escaped his home and was rescued from a pond near Conyers Court, Deltona.
- Volusia Sheriff's Office deputies said the 6-year-old, nonverbal boy diagnosed with autism is known to be attracted to water, and after a prior pond rescue he began swimming lessons.
- Chest-Deep in the pond, bystanders recorded video and described the child as cold and shaking, while on-scene rescuers warmed him with blankets and put him in a car with the heat as the local fire department checked the scene.
- Deputies urged the family to enhance home safety and emphasized using an AngelSense tracker at all times, deputies said.
- The rescue follows a prior summer pond pull from the Deltona area, with deputies saying this marked the second consecutive year the 6-year-old boy was rescued from a pond.
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A boy with autism was found by the police in a pond. He was in hypothermia but healthy and safe. The authorities recommend enhanced security measures for vulnerable children.
Coco, a 6-year-old autist boy, was rescued on the night of Christmas from a lake in the village of Deltona, in the North American state of Florida. The cryan aj had been saved in the last year's sight, in surrounding similar lakes, in another lake in the vicinity.
The emergency agencies rescued a six-year-old boy with autism, identified as Coco, after he walked away from his house at Christmas and was trapped in a Florida pond in the United States. American media indicated that the events occurred in the town of Deltona. Everything seems to indicate that Coco, who does not speak and is attracted by water, left his home during Christmas. Once his family alerted the authorities, a search operation was activ…
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