UPDATE: 11-Year-Old Boy Reportedly Doing Well After Near-Drowning in Pool

A lifeguard saved the life of an 11-year-old boy who nearly drowned this afternoon at the East Providence Boys and Girls Club. The 20-year-old lifeguard, Regan Jeffrey, pulled the boy, identified as Joshua Adweysi, from the pool and administered mouth to mouth until the boy started breathing again.

Erin Gilliatt, director of the Boys & Girls Club, said the club hosts the East Providence Recreation Department’s summer camp program for a weekly open swim. About 61 children were at the pool at around 2 pm when children began screaming about a boy at the bottom of the pool. According to Gilliatt, the boy is a good swimmer who swam to the bottom of the deep end but did not come up.

Jeffrey dove down and is credited with saving his life.

East Providence Rescue responded and transported the boy to Hasbro Children’s Hospital.

There were two lifeguards on duty at the time – one at each end of the pool – as well as five members of the summer camp staff, some of whom were in the pool with the kids.

East Providence Mayor Bruce Rogers got a report from the hospital and said the boy is doing well; he's talking and very responsive, Rogers said.

"He said he got into the deep end of the pool and he panicked," Mayor Rogers said.