Southbridge boys pulled lifeless from a pool of yesterday’s sitting and chatting with his rescuers are just a few minutes later.
Cons Aaron Reid, of Leeston, said the boy, believed to be 9 or 10, had been swimming with friends in Southbridge pool when they see he has been under water for some time.
“I was told that his friends think he’s acting the goat,” he said. “One of his friend swam down to take a closer look, he’s interesting and lifeguards revived him.”
The boy talks to Reid before he was flown to Christchurch hospital in a helicopter rescue Westpac after 3.30 pm. A St. John’s spokesman said the child breathes and aware, but in serious condition.
A spokesman of the Canterbury district health board says he is in s condition last night.