Florida children electrocuted in pool in terrifying video

show ad

Terrifying video shows the moment three children are electrocuted after touching a metal railing while playing in Florida pool
Billionaire NBA owner Mark Cuban sparks outrage after claiming 'I would cross the street if I saw a black kid in a hoodie'
Woman arrested 'after shooting dead her radio host fiance in sex game gone wrong'
'Devastated' Caroline Wozniacki makes Twitter dig at Rory McIlroy and may pull out of French Open after 'totally unexpected break-up' days after sending out wedding invitations
Burglar breaks into George Clooney's $40million Lake Como villa and helps himself to the wine cellar
'Shield' actor Michael Jace is charged with murder three days after his wife was found shot-dead in their home
Watch the world's ships sail Earth's oceans in REAL TIME: Interactive map reveals crowded routes taken by planet's vessels
The selfie that cost $8million: Kevin Spacey accused of being paid by Mexican government for appearing with president at tourism convention
'Tie your tubes, crack hoes!' Prosecutor under fire for Facebook comments about single mothers, race and 'quota' Sonia Sotomayor
'Drunk' Fox News anchor Gregg Jarrett arrested at Minneapolis airport after 'refusing to cooperate with police'
Mentally ill inmate died after seven days alone in New York prison cell with toilet overflowing and no medication
College student, 19, shoots herself dead weeks after starring as Casting Couch porn amateur - and being mercilessly harassed by former schoolmates
'You guys are HUSBANDS?': Boy's incredulous reaction to meeting a gay couple for the first time
Zimmerman parents want $6,900 in hotel costs, $22,800 rent, $600,000 for emotional distress and $7,700 for LAUNDRY from Roseanne Barr fro tweeting their address
Singer Gregg Allman sued by family of 27-year-old camera assistant killed by oncoming train on set of Midnight Rider
'Kissing Congressman' Vance McAllister caught smooching with his aide says he'd run for office again if 'the people want me to'
'I have a f***ing job, half your mothers don't!' Teacher's expletive ridden rant to students caught on camera
Now that's an impossible bikini body! Ann Taylor under fire for 'hideous' Photoshop fail that cuts out chunk of model's waist
Would you let someone ink you permanently - FREEHAND? Mind-blowing tattoo designs improvised on the spot
Hawaiian surf model who 'ran down 73-year-old woman with her car' tried to escape from jail hours after her arrest
Reading, writing and relationships? Teacher, 45, fired after asking fourth grade students for advice about her two boyfriends
Germany opens the way to prosecute Minnesota man, 95, accused of being SS concentration camp guard in Ukraine
50 Democratic senators pressure NFL to change 'Washington Redskins' name because they claim it's an example of 'racism and bigotry'
The war to save their own nation: Life for French soldiers on the front is revealed in astonishing collection of pictures from WWI

Three children, aged 10, six and five, suffered electric shocks in the apartment complex pool in Florida last month
A video shows their bodies falling limp and slipping beneath the water's surface before they are saved by adults
All three children spent four days in hospital
Inspectors said that it was due to faulty wiring of the pool pump

Published: 12:14 EST, 22 May 2014 | Updated: 12:37 EST, 22 May 2014

View
comments

Surveillance footage has revealed the terrifying moment three children suffered electric shocks after they touched a metal railing in a swimming pool at a Florida apartment complex.

Diego Cabrera, 10, Daniella Gamez, six, and a five-year-old girl were swimming with friends and adults at the Palms West Condos in Hialeah on April 27 when the incident occurred.

The video shows several people swimming in the shallow end of the pool when one girl swims over to the metal rail, which inspectors believe was charged with electricity due to a faulty pool pump.

Scroll down for video

Terrifying: A video shows a young girl in the water after she touched a metal rail that gave her a shock

Saved: A man pulls her limp body out of the water as other children scramble to escape the danger

When she touches it, she falls limp in the water. A nearby adult quickly pulls her out and carries her up the stairs, the video on Local 10 ABC shows.

As everyone scrambles to get out of the pool, they don't realize that Daniella had also been paralyzed by the shock and remained frozen in the water.

More...

Her grandfather, Freddie Cabrera, then sees her at the bottom of the steps and - risking his own life - runs into the water and pulls her out, falling backwards as drags her body.

A third child, Diego Cabrera, also needed to be saved from the water.

Frantic: Moments later, a man sees his six-year-old granddaughter paralyzed in the water and runs to over

Rescue: He pulls her from the water and all three children were rushed to hospital for treatment

'I was in the pool and then the metal railing, I was swimming close to it and I felt a shock,' he told Local 10.

All three victims spent four nights in the hospital but have fully recovered.

Inspectors say that the pool pump had not been properly grounded and malfunctioned - sending electricity into the water rather than away from it.

They said that the electrical work that had been carried out was unpermitted. The pool has now been drained and remains closed.

Close call: Diego Cabrera, 10, said he felt a shock in his body when he reached for the railing

Escape: He and six-year-old Daniella Gamez, right, and another child all spent four days in the hospital

Shit down: Inspectors said there had been shoddy wiring at the pool and it has now been drained of water

But CBS4 reported the pool passed a 40 year inspection last year and two health department inspections last year. The inspections require that the pool be up to electrical code.

City records show no official code violations or fines have been issued to the property owners yet.

The incident comes just weeks after seven-year-old Calder Sloan was killed by an electrical shock in his family's swimming pool a few miles away.

He could not be revived after he suffered a shock following a faulty pool light.

See below for video