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# Boy drowns in backyard pool
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/boy-drowns-in-backyard-pool/
- Published: 2002-09-03T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T00:42:54.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Health, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

A two-year-old Santa Monica boy died after he was found floating in a backyard swimming pool Tuesday.

Santa Monica Fire Department paramedics responded to a 15th Street home at 4:40 p.m., where they found civilians had already begun Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation on the boy.

Paramedics continued CPR as they transported the boy to Santa Monica-UCLA hospital, where doctors also unsuccessfully attempted to revive the child.

Fire Department spokeswoman Jill Barnes said children playing in the backyard, where a holiday party was taking place, first noticed the boy was in the pool. She said the pool had a fence around it.

Santa Monica Police officers are investigating the incident.

This is the second time this year a Santa Monica child has drowned in a swimming pool. An unsupervised five-year-old boy drowned in the pool of an 18th Street home on June 26.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 3, 2002.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/090302.pdf?ref=smdp.com)