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Nebraska boys, other bystanders rescue girl from Rapid City pool

swimming-poolRAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Two boys from Nebraska and other bystanders including an Arizona man are credited with rescuing and reviving a 5-year-old girl who nearly drowned in a swimming pool at a Rapid City hotel.

Police say 12-year-old Wisdom Bass-Robinson and 13-year-old Btin Spears of Walthill, Nebraska, noticed the girl face-down in the pool at the Best Western Ramkota shortly after 8 p.m. Monday and pulled her from the water.

Rick Volk, of Phoenix, with the help of other bystanders began CPR at poolside and revived the girl. She was taken to a hospital and is expected to be fine.

Authorities did not identify the girl.

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