Arizona child declared dead in pool drowning suddenly showed signs of life hours later and survives

A child who was declared dead after drowning in a residential pool in the Phoenix suburbs last month miraculously showed signs of life hours later — and is expected to survive.The child, whose name and age were not released, was found unresponsive in a backyard pool at a home in Gilbert, Arizona on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb.8.Gilbert police and fire officials responded to reports of the drowning at 5:35 p.m.

First responders administered lifesaving efforts at the scene and rushed the victim to a nearby hospital, where the child was declared dead less than an hour later, AZFamily reported.Then, just before 11:30 p.m.the same night, the child started showing signs of life.

They were airlifted to another Phoenix-area hospital for further treatment, the outlet reported.Police assured that the child is expected to survive in spite of the death declaration.The drowning, and purported revival, are still under investigation.

The Phoenix resurrection — a fitting miracle, considering the city’s name — is just one of many recorded.medical marvels.

A 16-year-old boy in Texas went into cardiac arrest while scaling a rock climbing wall in 2023.A bystander, paramedics, and doctors took turns performing CPR on him until he was pronounced dead two hours later.

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While his distraught parents were saying their goodbyes at his bedside, he started to move.He sustained an ischemic spine injury during cardiac arrest and lost the ability to move his legs, but slowly learned to walk again.The teen, his mother, and his deceased brother were all diagnosed with Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT), a rare genetic disorder that affects the heart, shortly after the “literal miracle.” In 2019, a Michigan man was fatally electrocut...