Baby girl fights for life after being found 'pale, soft and cold' in fishpond - as heroic neighbour who rushed to help infant relives his desperate attempt to save her
An 11-month-old girl is fighting for life after her family found her lying unresponsive in a fishpond. Emergency services were called to a home in Springvale, 22km southeast of Melbourne, at 9pm on Sunday. But neighbours Phong Nguyen, 44, and Thu Le, 30, leaped into action before the officers arrived, the Herald Sun reported. An 11-month-old girl is fighting for life after she was found unresponsive in a fishpond (stock image) Mr Nguyen performed CPR on the girl for four minutes until police and paramedics took over. Ms Le called emergency services while Mr Nguyen performed tried to resuscitate the baby. The infant was immediately hooked up to oxygen, and remains in Monash Children's Hospital's paediatric intensive care unit. 'She couldn't breathe. She was on the floor … she was pale, soft and cold,' Mr Nguyen said. 'I tried to clear her airways and get the water out, but there was none coming out so I did CPR.' It is unclear how long the little girl was i