A toddler has been left in a coma after she was found in a park fountain during the blistering heatwave.
Grace Lear, two, is fighting for her life in hospital after she was found in the water on Tuesday in Griffithstown, Wales.
Mum Hannah Lear has told how the frantic family were distracted for a split second as the child slipped out of sight.
They begun searching Fishpond Park before a local found little Grace unconscious in the fountain. The mystery man pulled her out of the water and others began CPR.
An ambulance was called but the youngster remains in a critical condition.
She was taken to the University Hospital of Wales before being transferred for a heart and lung bypass in Leicestershire.
“At around 4.30pm, Grace's dad arrived with our youngest boy Benjamin and he brought him over to our little group and in the split few seconds our attention had been turned, Grace had disappeared," she said.
“She hadn't even been missing a minute before we looked up to find her gone.
“Our group ran in every direction of the park, calling her name and asking anyone we passed but to no avail. I was just going back to the lawn we had been on and a gentleman shouted to call an ambulance," the mum told the South Wales Argus.
Now, a fundraising page has been launched to help the family.
Organiser Emily Ostler, said: "I would really like to arrange some donations to make this extremely difficult situation a bit easier for the family.
"The cost of transport, food, expenses etc will all add up."
Grace's mum said on the page: "So many people have had such a concern for her and have shown how great a community Griffithstown is during this awful time.
“The donations in a short space of time have been amazing and any donation however big or small is going to help Grace when she's a little better."
