Hotel guests save boy trapped underwater in ’lazy river’ for 9 minutes | New York Post

A 12-year-old boy spent more than nine minutes trapped underwater after getting stuck in a lazy river suction line at a resort in South Carolina. From “Mom: My ‘miracle’ boy is lucky to be alive after 8-minute underwater ordeal“ The mother of a Michigan boy who became trapped underwater for almost eight minutes at a resort pool in South Carolina said it is a “miracle” the 12-year-old survived the ordeal, according to a report. Evan spent eight days on a ventilator and three in a medically induced coma after he was rescued from the lazy river pool at the Avista Resort in North Myrtle Beach on March 19, NBC News reported. Chilling surveillance video captured the frantic moments after one of two boys lifted a 3-by-3-foot grate in the pool, where Evan’s leg was sucked into a pipe. The other boy tried to pull Evan out and began yelling for help after about 90 seconds, causing a woman to rush over. Nearby si