FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Two police officers jumped into the frigid waters of a St. Louis area pool to rescue a 10-year-old boy after he was underwater for several minutes, authorities say.
Calverton Park police officer Chris Robertson said he was on patrol Tuesday when he heard on his radio that a child was found in the municipal pool in nearby Ferguson and rescuers needed a bolt cutter to open a gate.
When he arrived, Ferguson police officer Jamez Knighten was in the deep end, treading water and holding the boy. He had scaled a fence to get to the child.
Robertson jumped in to help, and the boy taken to a children’s trauma center in St. Louis. Authorities have not revealed his condition.
The pool was closed for the season and it’s not clear how or why the child entered the complex.
