Toddler Found Breathing in Hospital Morgue Hours After Being Declared Dead

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Toddler Found Breathing in Hospital Morgue Hours After Being Declared Dead

Vincent Lorenzo Fiordilino was sent to a hospital morgue after a near-drowning, then found breathing hours later when medical examiners arrived.

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An 18-month-old boy was found breathing inside a hospital morgue mere hours after being pronounced dead after an emergency visit to the ER.

According to NBC News, the baby, Vincent Lorenzo Fiordilino, had spent nearly six hours in a body storage room after an emergency room physician at Mercy Gilbert Medical Center pronounced him dead following a near-drowning in a pool.

And then the toddler lived.

Vincent was pulled from his family’s backyard pool on Feb. 8 after relatives found him face down in the water. CPR began immediately before he was........

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