Very scary indeed. Hope he is ok moving forward.

Video is unavailable. It’s a miracle he survived

So so scary ! Hope that more safety measures have been put in place
The article states Evan spent three days in a medically induced coma and eight days on a ventilator, not how is doing now. I hope and pray he’ll recover totally, without any brain damage !

That would have been terrifying!

I’m glad the boy survived. Really scaring!!

I saw this on Facebook it would’ve been such a scary situation for everyone involved!

What a scary situation! He is one very lucky little boy. I must say though, that I am concerned that no one noticed that they were playing with safety gates, etc. before everything went wrong. Why didn’t someone stop them?

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  Hopefully new measures are in place for safety.

I can’t believe he survived after being in the water for so long. Hope he makes a full recovery and never tries anything like this again. Where was the adult supervision though?

How terrifying!! I’m amazed he survived! What quick thinking about the mouth to mouth. I hope he has a full recovery

how terrible, I am so surprised he survived. But must ask, where were the parents and where were the lifeguards???

What a terrible situation. Thank God he was saved. The two kids were very curious and obviously wanting to explore underwater. I’d like to think somebody was watching what they were doing. However, glad the young boy was saved and good on the emergency services.

Of course would have been terrifying at the time – good responders in the community and police.

i am shocked that none of the staff at the centre seemed to go into the water to help him. it was a random swimmer, a man in normal clothes and 3 police officers in full uniform and where was the lifeguard?? Have I missed something here?

This must have been so scary !! 9 minutes is a very long time, hope it didn’t cause any brain damage. Thank God for this adult who submerged himself again and again to provide the boy with mouth-to-mouth.

I hope he’s ok. It must have felt like days.

A horrible experience to go through,hope he will be fine.

How terrifying I feel so much for him. I hope he’s ok 🙁

That was such a long time. I hope he won’t suffer any consequences. What a scare for everyone there!!

Thinking of the boy and his family and praying he is okay. How scary! Perhaps this grate should have been bolted down?