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.