CHILD FOUND IN ANACOSTIA RIVER HAS DIED; PASSERBY PULLED CHILD FROM WATER WASHINGTON, D.C. — A tragic update in the incident along the Anacostia River: the young child found unconscious in the water has now died. The incident occurred in the 1900 block of Anacostia Drive, where a passerby... spotted the child in the river and pulled the child from the water before first responders arrived. The child, was found unconscious and in critical condition. 🚨 The juvenile was transported via MEDEVAC to a local hospital, where despite life-saving efforts, the child was pronounced dead. Bystanders say the child’s mother was nearby searching, reportedly checking bathrooms and surrounding areas before the child was located in the water.show more

@CCNN_dc According to the father the mother wasn’t watching him & he was autistic and non verbal and the same thing happened to his daughter in 2019 at Ana sad the mother need better attention span

@CCNN_dc Some guy was killed with a pipe, two kids were shot and killed and now this, all of this happened today, WTF is going on in DC man?

@CCNN_dc I always felt they needed more security along the water's edge. Prayerfully, this will be there wake up call!

@CCNN_dc One source said it was a 3yr old and a 10yr old...another said just a 5yr old....conflicting information....just sad all around smh 🥺💔🙏🏽

@CCNN_dc @TheDMVLive This just breaks my heart. I can feel how scared & lost this child was and the mother searching as well. This definitely hits home from a personal experience of a family lost due to the river. I love going down anacostia park, rink, swim recreation area it’s a childhood home

@CCNN_dc @TheDMVLive Who was watching the kid? So sad.

@CCNN_dc Just watched a facebook live from one of the witnesses. The mom wasn’t paying attention to her child and was too far away from him while he was playing with another child.

@CCNN_dc @TheDMVLive Dam how old was he

@CCNN_dc So you’re confirming black people cannot swim?

@CCNN_dc @TheDMVLive 💔💔💔

@CCNN_dc RIP 💔

@CCNN_dc 😢😢🕊️🕊️

@CCNN_dc What?? 😳

@CCNN_dc 😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😢😢

@killmoenewsdc Sacrifice

@CCNN_dc My prayers to the family.

@CCNN_dc Hi I work with ABC7 News, we are interested in the video of the helicopter response would you mind sharing with us with credit to Chocolate City News Network>

@CCNN_dc 💔🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

@CCNN_dc Hi, I work with ABC 7News-- we are interested in the video of the helicopter transport, would you mind sharing with us?

@CCNN_dc @TheDMVLive 🙏🏿 for the family

@CCNN_dc @TheDMVLive 🙏🏾