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A 3-year-old girl miraculously survived a freak accident involving a pool drain — which ripped out her small intestine during a family vacation in Mexico , according to a lawsuit. Little Paloma Quatrini was just days away from celebrating her fourth birthday in Feb.
2025 when the protective covering of the drain in the kiddie pool at the Punta Mita Resort in Nayarit went haywire, sucking her in as she was sitting in the shallow end, according to the complaint Paloma’s mom and dad, Carolina Velez and Adam Quatrini, frantically tried to pull their daughter away from the drain — but the force of the suction was too strong. A 3-year-old girl miraculously survived a freak accident involving a pool drain — which ripped out her small intestine during a family vacation in Mexico, according to a lawsuit.After two terrifying minutes, an off switch for the pump was finally located underneath the pool, and Paloma, now 5, was rushed to the hospital. “The suction was so strong that small intestine was ripped out of her body,” the complaint states. She also suffered severe internal damage.Dead body left in hot plane for hours as flyers complained of stench The girl was rushed by air to the Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh, where the family is from, and underwent dozens of dangerous life-saving surgeries over several months, including a procedure to reconstruct her digestive system.Paloma Quatrini was just days away from celebrating her fourth birthday in Feb. 2025 when the protective covering of the drain in the kiddie pool at the Punta Mita Resort in Nayarit went haywire, sucking her in as she was sitting in the shallow end, according to reports.After two terrifying minutes, an off switch for the pump was finally located underneath the pool, and Paloma, now 5, was rushed to the hospital.“All of the small bowel was gone,” Dr. Geoffrey Bond told CBS News. “We brought the colon up and joined the colon to the small bowel, so essentially she’s connected, but she has no small bowel.” Paloma’s parents now connect a line into her body that delivers nutrients directly into her bloodstream every night for 12 hours.The girl was rushed by air to the Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh, where the family is from, and underwent dozens of dangerous life-saving surgeries over several months, including a procedure to reconstruct her digestive system.The girl’s family has filed a lawsuit against Hayward, the company that manufactured the pool draining system. Carolina Velez and Adam Quatrini initially filed a complaint in Pittsburgh in July, which named several other defendants, including the resort, but it was later withdrawn, according to People Magazine. Hayward filed a motion to dismiss the original case, claiming they were not responsible because the incident occurred in Mexico.Paloma’s parents now connect a line into her body that delivers nutrients directly into her bloodstream every night for 12 hours.Paloma’s family has since refiled the lawsuit, with Hayward as the sole defendant. It was filed in Pittsburgh again because a majority of the witnesses involved reside in the area. “A 3-year-old girl should not have to litigate her case in a foreign country where she was almost killed,” the family attorney Robert Zimmerman told People Magazine in a statement.Flight attendant ejected during LGA crash seen in hospital for first time — as daughter describes horrific injuriesPentagon preparing for weeks of ground operations in Iran — as Trump warned regime to ‘get serious’ about peace deal: reportHe killed her, then disappeared: The $250K reward for a decade-old murder | Forgotten Fugitives A 3-year-old girl miraculously survived a freak accident involving a pool drain -- which ripped out her small intestine during a family vacation in Mexico, according to a lawsuit.Paloma Quatrini was just days away from celebrating her fourth birthday in Feb. 2025 when the protective covering of the drain in the kiddie pool at the Punta Mita Resort in Nayarit went haywire, sucking her in as she was sitting in the shallow end, according to reports.After two terrifying minutes, an off switch for the pump was finally located underneath the pool, and Paloma, now 5, was rushed to the hospital.The girl was rushed by air to the Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh, where the family is from, and underwent dozens of dangerous life-saving surgeries over several months, including a procedure to reconstruct her digestive system.Paloma's parents now connect a line into her body that delivers nutrients directly into her bloodstream every night for 12 hours. Stream It Or Skip It: 'Jo Nesbø's Detective Hole' On Netflix, Where A Troubled Detective Tracks Down A Serial Killer Who Is Terrorizing Oslo
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