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Two young girls pulled from Waikiki’s Hilton lagoon in critical, serious condition

Two young girls, ages 7 and 5, pulled from waters at Hilton Hawaii Village Waikiki Beach Resort’s lagoon shortly before 2 p.m. were in critical and serious condition, respectively, following an apparent near-drowning incident, according to an Emergency Medical Services report.

The girls were brought to shore at the same time. One of the girls was unconscious when a bystander brought her to shore and CPR efforts initiated, according to the report.

22 responses to “Two young girls pulled from Waikiki’s Hilton lagoon in critical, serious condition”

  1. serious says:

    The lagoon is fed by the ocean and what is really shallow now can be over a toddler’s head within hours as the tide comes in. There have been, what? about three drownings there so far?

  2. tutulois says:

    This is so tragic, and so preventable. Given so many of these incidents in a lagoon that seems safe to visitors, the hotel needs to do a better job of warning people of the dangers. And parents should know better — is it so hard to keep your eyes on your kids when they’re in the water?

  3. mikethenovice says:

    Typical government and Wall Street’s management focusing on the bottom line instead of protecting the consumer. Spend some money on more security.

  4. Tahitigirl55 says:

    Where were these children parents?

  5. ICEEBEAR says:

    Haven’t they stationed life guards at this location yet?, absolutely inexcusable, where is their liability insurance carrier demanding they do something or else they will cancel the coverage, three drownings only?, try 15-20 over a span of the last decade.

  6. FARKWARD says:

    “..Hilton Hawaii Village Waikiki Beach Resort’s lagoon..” Do the GREEDY WALL STREET ZIONIST PIGS think they can steal everything?! That’s the : “DUKE PAOA KAHANAMOKU Lagoon”.

    • Bergonia says:

      Hilton didn’t steal it or even calls it the Hilton Lagoon (read Hilton webpages, they refer to it as the Duke Kahanamaoku Beach and Lagoon). SA and everybody else calls it Hilton Lagoon because the majority of the populace has no idea who Duke Paoa Kahanamaoku is. If SA used that name, people would google what lagoon SA was talking about. So, to make easy and recognizable, they use Hilton Lagoon.

    • Cricket_Amos says:

      “ZIONIST” ??

      Please.

  7. MANDA says:

    Why isn’t the Hilton required to have a lifeguard at their lagoon? It’s marketed as a family attraction and it’s completely foreseeable that children in need of water safety supervision would be there. They also seem to have a fair number of older guests in trouble in the lagoon.

  8. localguy says:

    CPS needs to investigate the irresponsible parents who willfully failed to watch over their children, were not doing their job as protective parents.

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