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Lakewood Girl, 4, Dies After Swimming Pool Drowning

Volunteer Hatzolah teams performed extended resuscitation and the community held a midnight levaya as officials say the cause and circumstances remain unclear.

Overview

  • Emergency responders pulled the child from a residential swimming pool in Lakewood and volunteers from Central Jersey Hatzolah performed prolonged CPR before transporting her to Monmouth Medical Center.
  • Hospital teams continued life-saving efforts for hours but ultimately pronounced the child dead after treatment failed to revive her.
  • The child has been identified as Hilda (Baily) Sanders, the four-year-old daughter of Moshe and Rina Sanders, whose family will sit shiva at their Rockbridge Street home.
  • A levaya and burial were held around midnight at Lakewood Bais HaChaim and many residents gathered earlier to recite Tehillim and pray for the family.
  • Local reporting notes initial inconsistencies in early accounts and says investigators have not yet established how the drowning occurred, leaving key details still under review.