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Rico Butac was enjoying an evening of paddleboating with his brother-in-law, nephew and eight year old son when they first saw indications of trouble.

“We heard a lady close to the middle of the lake screaming for help,” he told the Sun.

“We almost didn’t hear her — we didn’t know how long she’d actually been there.”

Butac recalls seeing the woman frantically swimming to shore, an unconscious boy laying on top of her paddle board.

Jumping to action, the pair immediately started shouting for help, trying to catch the attention of people on shore.

Once the child was back on solid ground, a bystander identifying herself as a nurse performed CPR until paramedics arrived just after 6:30 p.m.

The child was rushed to South Calgary Health Campus where he was pronounced dead, EMS spokesperson Naomi Nania said.

http://www.calgarysun.com/2015/07/25...uburn-bay-lake