Boy’s bright shoes aid his underwater rescue after boat is struck by barge near Red Wing
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Dr. Ashley Bjorklund, an HCMC pediatric intensive care doctor, said that “time alone does not give him a prognosis” for survival or being spared serious injury.
“We always give kids a fighting chance when we can,” said Bjorklund, who emphasized that preventive steps such as wearing a life jacket — as all four children were — and supervising children are vital to prevent life-threatening incidents on the water. “Young brains do much better and can overcome things that an older brain can’t do.”