A British two-year-old was rushed to hospital after nearly drowning in a hotel pool in Fuerteventura last Monday. The incident occurred at an unnamed hotel in the municipality of Pajara. The child was already out of the water by the time the first emergency responders arrived. The child received initial assistance at the scene before being transferred to Fuerteventura General Hospital. Local police and Civil Guard officers were sent to the scene and are preparing reports on the incident. The current medical condition and prognosis of the British two-year-old remains unknown, and the outcome of the police and Civil Guard reports is pending. The specific safety measures or lack thereof at the hotel pool where the incident occurred have not been detailed.
This incident in Fuerteventura was part of a broader pattern of drowning incidents in the Canary Islands over the Easter period. Four people were affected by drowning incidents in the Canary Islands over Easter. A Norwegian teenager died from drowning in Mogan in Gran Canaria, becoming the first minor this year to die from drowning in the Canary Islands. Additionally, a 14-year-old boy was assisted on the coast of Puerto de la Cruz in Tenerife, and a 70-year-old woman was airlifted to hospital in a critical condition. The identity of a 28-year-old British man found dead in Tenerife and the exact circumstances of his suspected drowning are among the unknowns from the Easter period.
Today is officially ten months since we lost our son Trigg to a preventable drowning accident.
In a separate tragedy in the United States, influencer Emilie Kiser's three-year-old son Trigg died from a drowning accident on May 18, 2025. Trigg was found unresponsive in the family's backyard pool in Chandler, Arizona. According to a Chandler police report, Trigg was left unsupervised in the backyard for more than nine minutes on the day he died. The report indicated Trigg spent about seven minutes drowning in the pool. Kiser's husband was watching Trigg when he allegedly stepped away to watch an NBA playoff game he had placed a bet on, but he was not charged with any wrongdoing. Trigg was airlifted to Phoenix Children's Hospital, where he was declared dead six days later. On social media, Kiser marked the ten-month anniversary of the loss, stating she continues to feel broken and misses her son deeply, emphasizing the accident was preventable.
In Sweden, five-year-old Olof was found lifeless in a neighbor's pool in Boden. Olof disappeared from his home in Boden on one of the summer's hottest days. He was the only child of parents Alma and Björn Sköldmark. According to Kuriren, Alma Sköldmark described screaming straight out when she got the news by phone and praying to God all the way to the hospital, pleading for Olof to survive. The exact timeline and circumstances leading to Olof's disappearance and drowning in Boden remain unclear.
I continue to feel like I have no words in what to say when I'm asked how I feel because the only adequate word is 'broken'.
I miss him so much. Everything about him. Especially the joy and light he brought to our home.
One of the hardest parts about the last ten months, although I can't possibly pick just one, is having to live without him.
It's apparent to everyone who has ever heard HIS story, that it was preventable.
I just screamed straight out when I got the news by phone. Then I prayed to God all the way to the hospital. 'Please God, let Olof survive'.