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Child Rescued From Drowning at Lake Lanier Dies

 Jake Wade     7 months ago
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ATLANTA (AP) -- Authorities say a 4-year-old girl who was rescued from drowning at Lake Lanier has died.

Athra Abdulla remained in critical condition after being rescued and taken to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite in Atlanta where she died Monday night.

Emergency officials said She had been swimming at the lake with family in Buford Saturday when she disappeared.

Gwinnett County Fire Department spokesman Capt. Thomas Rutledge said after her rescue, an off-duty nurse revived her.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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