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Boy, 4, Dies Six Days After Hotel Pool Rescue in North Myrtle Beach

Police are reviewing hotel security video in an open investigation.

Overview

  • Lauchlin McMann, 4, died Monday, April 27 at the Medical University of South Carolina after a pool incident during a family trip.
  • Security footage showed the boy flailing in a crowded pool on Tuesday, April 21 at a North Myrtle Beach resort before he sank under the water.
  • A hotel employee pulled him out about four minutes later, and a bystander performed CPR until first responders arrived.
  • Emergency crews took him to Grand Strand Regional Medical Center, and he was later airlifted to a children's hospital in Charleston.
  • The family from Palmyra, Maine, has launched a GoFundMe for medical and travel costs that had raised about $47,000 as of Friday, May 1.