An 11-year-old saves a 9-year-old boy from drowning at a North Myrtle Beach, SC resort
A 9-year-old boy was rescued from drowning by another child at the Baywatch Resort in North Myrtle Beach on Saturday, according to a North Myrtle Beach Police report.
He is the sixth child to be involved in an incident involving water in the Myrtle Beach area this summer.
The child’s family was staying at the Baywatch Resort, 2701 S. Ocean Blvd., when they went down to the pool. The 9-year-old started to swim toward the deeper end of the pool when he lost his footing and began to drown, the report said.
An 11-year-old noticed the boy struggling in the water and thought he was playing at first, but then realized it was serious, the report stated. The older child grabbed the 9-year-old and brought him to the side of the pool where life-saving aid was given.
Police found the child to be OK but still sent him to the Grand Strand Hospital.
Several child drownings have occurred at pools in the area this year.
Annalise Baker, 5, died on June 23, a day after she drowned at the Sea Crest Resort, 803 S. Ocean Blvd. in Myrtle Beach. Her mother, Alyse Wike, allegedly left Baker in the pool area alone and was at the hotel bar when she drowned, according to police. They were from Pineville, South Carolina.
Emily Hanna, 3, died in the hospital on July 5 shortly after being pulled out of a home swimming pool. She’s from Hemingway but was staying with family along Brookstone Drive.
Lylah Dillon, 2, was visiting Myrtle Beach from New Milton, West Virginia, when she drowned in a lazy river along Wild Iris Drive. She died on July 7.
Serenity Evans, 11, drowned while staying at The Links Resort, 917 Thomas Ave. in North Myrtle Beach. She was swimming with her family on July 20, police said. She died at the hospital on July 23.
Ana Luisa Beccerra-Lira was arrested after her child nearly drowned at the Caribbean Resort, 3000 N. Ocean Blvd., Myrtle Beach on July 8. The condition of the child has not been released.
There’s also been at least two adult drownings, as 37-year-old Grace Mendonda, of Charlotte, North Carolina, died after being pulled out of the pool at the Twilight Surf Motel, 1701 S. Ocean Blvd. on Aug. 3.
Christopher Burns, 32, of the Surfside Beach area, died from a suspected drowning in the ocean near 3rd Avenue South in Myrtle Beach.
