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Firefighter shares video of girl’s near drowning to save lives

Firefighter’s safety warning to parents: install pool gates

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MIAMI — It took seconds for two-year-old Alayna Ishmael to walk away from a play ground at the mall, walk out of the mall and find an outdoor decorative water fountain to play with.

The game would nearly kill her. A surveillance video captured her climbing up to the edge and falling inside. She struggled in the water for about 2 minutes until a boy spotted her. A woman pulled her out alive.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue spokesman Arnold Piedrahita shared the viral video Monday in his personal Facebook. In the past month, five children under the age of three have drowned in Miami-Dade and Broward, he said. “If me posting this video scares someone enough to ... install a pool gate then my job is done,” Piedrahita posted on Facebook.

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