Terrifying moment toddler starts to drown in swimming pool

Terrifying moment toddler starts to drown in swimming pool while her father’s back is turned before her ‘little hero’ sister, three, raises the alarm and he leaps in to save her

  • Footage filmed in Chiang Mai, Thailand, shows Kaning Kanuengnit falling in pool
  • Father Apisit had been watching his daughters but turns his back for a second  
  • Kaning begins flailing, drowning and swallowing water and sister Kana notices  
  • Kana calls out to their father who dives in and pulls Kaning out  

This is the terrifying moment a two-year-old girl almost drowned in a swimming pool while her father’s back was turned.

CCTV footage from Chiang Mai, in northern Thailand, shows Kaning Kanuengnit slipping into the pool before her quick-thinking sister Kana, 3, alerted their father who was sweeping up just a few feet away.

Father Apisit, 29, immediately leapt into the water and rescued the toddler.

CCTV footage from Chiang Mai, in northern Thailand, shows Kaning Kanuengnit slipping into the pool before her quick-thinking sister Kana, 3, alerted their father who was sweeping up just a few feet away. Pictured: The family 

 Apisit was watching his daughters but after he turned away for a moment, Kaning fell into the 4ft deep pool. She began flailing and swallowing mouthfuls of water in the dramatic footage

Kaning and Kana had been walking around the yard of their family home on February 25, playing with inflatable rubber rings.   

Apisit was watching his daughters but after he turned away for a moment, Kaning fell into the 4ft deep pool.

She began flailing and swallowing mouthfuls of water in the dramatic footage.

Kaning then sank below the surface before ‘little hero’ Kana shouted to her father and saved her life.

He jumped into the water and pulled Kaning out, getting the toddler to safety. 

Their father said: ‘I was sweeping near the pool and my wife was cooking in the kitchen behind the house.

‘We weren’t planning for any pool activities so I didn’t notice what was happening. But after a moment of me sweeping with my back to the pool, my younger daughter fell into the pool.

‘I didn’t hear anything. It is partly my mistake for being careless but luckily I have a little hero – my eldest daughter.’ 

The father said his eldest daughter called him while saying that Kaning had fallen into the pool. When he turned around, the toddler was ‘already drowning’.

Apisit hopes that the footage will warn other parents to take care while their children are near pools. Pictured: The sisters 

Apisit, who runs a clothing business, said: ‘I didn’t know what to do, I forgot to think about my phone and things in my pocket. I threw it all and just jumped in the pool.

‘The whole pool is 4ft-deep. They don’t know how to swim but they are in the water often so they know a little bit.’

He hopes that the footage will warn other parents to take care while their children are near pools.   

He said: ‘I think this is a great example to remind people that you cannot take your eyes off even for a split second when there are children and water.

‘I want to stress this to parents with small kids and a pool to put up a barrier around the pool if not, they should always be careful.’ 

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