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Photos: Computer saves drowning girl

Monitoring system springs into action
By Steve Ranger, Global News Director
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Monitoring system springs into action

The girl sinks to the bottom of the deep end of the pool, one of the deepest in Wales
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But as she drops the rest of the swimmers above remain unaware of the crisis below

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The system springs into action within three seconds, viewing her from a number of different cameras

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The monitoring system pinpoints her on the bottom of the pool

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The lifeguard, alerted as to where the girl is, dives in…

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…and pulls her back to the surface to be resuscitated.

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