by Emma Davey 
Multiple sources have reported that a 5-year-old boy nearly drowned in the McCarren Park Pool this past Sunday.
At around 7 p.m., a Good Samaritan named Anthony Torres noticed a lifeless child in the water and immediately sprung into action.
“I screamed ‘Help!’ and then I submerged myself into the water to pick him up. He was face down in the water, in like a fetal position,” Torres told CBS2.Having previously worked as a…
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