Edina girl seriously injured in swimming pool mishap

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) A six-year-old Edina girl is hospitalized after a horrific accident at a swimming pool.

Abigail Taylor was severely injured yesterday when she sat over an open drain hole in a wading pool at the Minneapolis Golf Club.

According to a posting by her family on the Caring Bridge Web site, the drain's powerful suction tore out part of her intestinal tract.

The family's account says it's a, quote, "medical miracle" that she's still alive. The online account was taken down late yesterday.

Taylor is in serious condition at Children's Hospital in Minneapolis. A lawyer for the family says she was conscious and able to speak but that she faces a series of surgeries and could be in the hospital for some time.

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