A TODDLER has miraculously come back to life in a hospital morgue after being declared dead in a horror backyard pool ordeal.
Two harrowing phone calls were made to 911 when 18-month-old Vincent Lorenzo Fiordilino was found face down in the swimming pool of his family home.
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Vincent Lorenzo Fiordilino was found floating face down in his family pool on February Credit: Gofundme
Doctors incorrectly said he was dead before a medical examiner later found a faint pulse in the hospital morgue Credit: Gofundme
Vincent’s distraught parents realised they had not seen him for 15 minutes after they went outside to talk.
Just seconds later, his mum – Alexus Fiordilino – found him floating in the pool.
After he was pulled from the water he reportedly vomited foam and was unresponsive.
His dad Angelo then desperately tried to save him, with operators instructing him over the phone on how to perform compressions.
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In shocking recordings of both the calls, his parents and other family members can be heard screaming, The California Post reported.
“I just found my nephew in the pool,” a family member told emergency responders.
The operator asked if the toddler was still breathing.
“We’re not sure”, he said.
A second emergency call was made from the same address, where shouting and screams from multiple people could be heard as the 911 operator attempted to work out what was happening.
“I’m calling, I’m calling,” a woman can be heard yelling.
“I need an ambulance,” she said breathlessly.
The operator recorded the address before the caller began to describe what happened.
“My nephew, my nephew was in a fall in the pool,” she said.
Vincent’s aunt said her other family members were trying to do CPR on him.
She said she did not know how long he had been in the pool.
The operator asked her for information such as the toddler’s weight and if paramedics and cops would need a gateway code.
At one point, his aunt said the toddler had been “starting to respond.”
Officers were at the address within five minutes of when the first phone call began.
The family’s pool temperature measured in at 57 degrees Fahrenheit at the time of the ordeal according to records.
Vincent was rushed to Mercy Gilbert Medical Center, where doctors declared him dead.
But bombshell police records show the boy had displayed signs of life before Dr. Aryan Toosi said he had died.
“[The doctor] arrogantly told me he was the doctor, he has the medical degree, he went to medical school for a reason, and to let him do his thing,” a police report revealed.
The officer had also heard a nurse say the toddler had a pulse.
And five hours later, a medical examiner found a faint heartbeat when they arrived to take Vincent’s body from the morgue.
He was immediately airlifted to the Phoenix Children’s Hospital for treatment.
The entire horrific ordeal took place on Super Bowl Jattvibeday on February 8.
In an online fundraiser, his family said the initial diagnosis on February 9 was critical.
Doctors found Vincent’s organs were shutting down and also said he had brain damage.
But several days later, doctors were proven wrong again when an MRI showed the toddler had no brain damage, just a minor brain bruise that his growing organ is expected to compensate for.
“Despite this miracle, Vincent still faces a long and challenging recovery,” the family said.
“He will need extensive therapy, ongoing medical monitoring, and support for his healing organs.”
Medical staff have begun referring to Vincent as a “miracle baby” after doctors were able to start taking him off a breathing assistance ventilator just days later.
But his family has revealed that while they are “overwhelmed with gratitude”, the treatment is very expensive.
“Between emergency care, air transport, ICU treatment, MRIs, organ support, and the long-term therapy ahead, the financial burden is immense,” they said.
At the time of writing, the GoFundMe campaign had raised $14,700 of the $16,000 goal.
And the family is now under legal scrutiny as police have recommended charges be brought against Vincent’s parents.
Following the horrific backyard ordeal, they both tested positive for THC in a toxicology report.
Officers who attended the address said they had smelt a “strong odour” of marijuana from the home’s garage, according to the police report.
An investigator said in a probable cause document that the drug use had opened an opportunity for a “problematic and dangerous situation” to charge them with negligent homicide.
A spokesperson from the Gilbert Police Department told the California Post that they had recommended one felony charge of child abuse to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office.
“Gilbert PD detectives conducted a thorough investigation regarding the circumstances surrounding this incident,” the department said.
The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office told the outlet it had received the recommendation on June 3 and was still reviewing it.
No decision to charge the parents has been made yet.



