An unnamed teenage boy, 14, jumped into the Naviglio Canal from a bridge in the town of Cuggiono, west of Milan, Italy, at 4:53pm on 24 April, The Localreports.
Teenager survives 42 minutes under water
A teenager in Italy who jumped into a canal and was believed to have drowned survived 42 minutes under water
Naviglio Canal
When the teenager failed to come up to the surface, the friends he was with frantically searched the murky water, and called emergency services when they couldn’t find him.
A team of divers was dispatched and they finally pulled the 14-year-old’s body from the water at 5:32pm, 42 minutes after he had gone under.
He was rushed by helicopter to Milan’s San Raffaele hospital, where doctors treated him using Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, a procedure whereby an artificial lung outside the body is used to pump oxygenated blood through it.
JOIN OUR PULSE COMMUNITY!
ADVERTISEMENT
Eyewitness? Submit your stories now via social or:
Email: eyewitness@pulse.ng
Recommended articles
Avoid these 3 common mistakes when cooking fried rice
Okin biscuits and 9 other snacks millennials loved as children
Ladies! Here are 5 things you shouldn't say to your man during sex
How parents, teachers can recognise when a child is being bullied
It's illegal to publicly celebrate your birthday in this country
Here are 5 ways to survive Nigeria during fuel scarcity
Here are Dagrin's 10 best rap verses on the 14th anniversary of his death
David Ombugadu rejects offer to become PDP national chairman
Suspected Yoruba nation agitators invade Oyo govt secretariat in army uniform
ADVERTISEMENT