Gardell Martin fell into a stream that runs through his own near Mifflinburg , Pennsylvania , and was swept away by the fast current on March 11 . A neighbor found the 22-month-old nearly a quarter-mile away , caught up in a tree branch , the water gushing around his body . An ambulance crew arrived moments later , found no pulse and began CPR . Resuscitation would continue , unbroken , for an hour and 41 minutes . Gardell 's body temperature was 77 degrees , more than 20 degrees below normal . Against all odds , his heart restarted and Gardell regained consciousness .
Gardell Martin fell into a stream that runs through his own near Mifflinburg , Pennsylvania , and was swept away by the fast current on March 11 . A neighbor found the 22-month-old nearly a quarter-mile away , caught up in a tree branch , the water gushing around his body . An ambulance crew arrived moments later , found no pulse and began CPR . Resuscitation would continue , unbroken , for 101 minutes . Gardell 's body temperature was 77 degrees , more than 20 degrees below normal . Against all odds , his heart restarted and Gardell regained consciousness .