Incredible moment neighbors save a two-year-old girl's life by performing CPR on her on the bank of a pond after she fell in and nearly drowned

This is the incredible moment heroic neighbors saved a two-year-old girl's life by performing CPR after she fell into a pond and nearly drowned. 

The unidentified child fell into the bank of a pond in Jacksonville, Florida on April 17 as her mother approached a neighbor to help her find the girl. 

The mother, who wished to remain anonymous, frantically approached James Sizemore who was walking his dogs with his wife, and asked if he saw her daughter. 

Sizemore, a lifeguard, skilled surfer, and US merchant mariner said that he immediately looked toward the water when he spotted the child. 

'She was floating about six inches under the water, and a little bit of her shirt was floating on top of the water,' he told News4JAX. 

A two-year-old girl nearly drowned on April 17 in a pond in Jacksonville, Florida before neighbors and emergency personnel stepped in. (pictured: An officer giving the little girl CPR)

James Sizemore, who was walking his dogs at the time, was approached by the girl's mother when he realized the child was floating 'about six inches under the water' 

Sizemore (in green) is seen around the girl with her mother and other bystanders as they performed CPR

Once he noticed the child, both he and her mother jumped in to save her. They immediately performed CPR before paramedics came and brought her back to life. 

Dramatic police bodycam video revealed the moment officers arrived at the jarring scene. 

Sheriff Officer Christopher Bruns is seen rushing out of his car as he slams the door behind him and meets a lady at the front of the house before they both run to the backyard. 

Another video angle from across the pond shows Bruns and another neighbor, Dr. Patricia Barrozo, a nurse practitioner, rush to help the child. 

The little girl is then seen laying on the grass as the officer performs CPR on her while Barrozo steps in to assist. 

While the two work on bringing the child back to life, her mother is seen sitting next to her as another person tries to console her. 

Video then shows the local fire department and ambulance pulling up to the house before they run to the backyard. 

Engineer Todd Kirshbaum and Lt. Jamie Dunlap run toward the child, immediately pick her up, and bring her back to the ambulance as the video ends. 

Sizemore said that when he and the mother first noticed the child in the water, she ran into the pond to save her, but she started to sink. 

'They were both going down,' Sizemore said. 

Retention ponds are known to have a very soft bottom and drop off quickly, making them hard to swim in. 

Once he got them out of the water, he instantly started performing CPR on the toddler before another neighbor called 911. 

Sheriff Officer Christopher Bruns body camera captured the moment he arrived at the scene and was brought to the backyard by a woman who was there 

Another neighbor, Dr. Patricia Barrozo (middle), had help Officer Bruns get into the gated community before she followed him to the scene and helped the child 

As he started pumping breaths into the girl, the mother started on chest compressions. 

'I just started praying to God that this was not her time,' Sizemore recalled. 

He said that while he performed CPR, he realized he had to work harder because there was candy in her throat that was obstructing her airway. 

As Bruns arrived at the house, he said that he immediately jumped into action.  

'My training just kicked in. I started doing CPR and another neighbor ran up.' 

As he pulled into the complex, Barrozo, who was on her way home from work, helped him get through the gated community and followed him. 

'I just knew something was going on, and I immediately went into rescue mode,' Barrozo told News4JAX. 

As she joined the frantic scene, the doctor relieved the officer and took over CPR until paramedics arrived. 

The paramedic said that when they made it to the girl she wasn't breathing, but still had a pulse. 

'So we used our machines and all the other equipment we have here. Everyone was working really hard,' Dunlap recalled. 

Soon after, the little girl started to cry inside the ambulance. 

'A crying baby is a breathing baby, is an alive baby, so we were happy,' Dunlap said. 

'Oh my gosh, we were literally clapping and praising the baby. Thank you, thank you, cheering her on.' 

The paramedic praised the quick thinking neighbors, the police and everyone that was involved in saving the child's life. 

The girl was taken to the hospital within 15 minutes and just two-and-a-half hours later, she was talking and responding to questions. 

A neighbor from across the pond captured another video of the life-saving moment as heroic neighbors saved the girl's life 

Engineer Todd Kirshbaum and Lt. Jamie Dunlap (pictured) arrived at the scene and ran the girl into the ambulance where she started to cry and breath again 

Officer Bruns decided to follow up on the girl's condition the next day and was delighted to find out that she was healthy. 

'It was like, "Right, yeah, did some good work today. Now off to the next call",' Bruns said. 

Barrozo explained that it is important for everyone to know how to perform CPR for situations like this. 

She said: 'The thing that I would say to people is don’t panic. Push hard, push fast, circulate the blood flow because if you can respond quickly, the chance of survival for bystander CPR outside of the hospital, you can increase the chance of survival two to three times.' 

After she was out of the hospital, the little girl and her mother visited Sizemore to thank him for his help and explain what happened. 

The mother told Sizemore that she and her daughter were in their backyard, which leads out to the pond, before they made their way into the house. 

She explained that she closed the door, but that wind might have pushed it open and made it possible for her child to run back outside behind her back. 

Sizemore said that he technically wasn't supposed to be in the area at the time, but he had run into some friends that he was catching up with on his walk. 

'Honestly, my theology, it wasn't her time to go,' Sizemore said.