[***Mr D***]

They should of jumped in if they felt confident enough to perform a rescue.

I saw something like this once on Booze Britan where someone fell into a river, the police on the scene again didnt jump in as they where not equipt propertly and could of cause more problems then help.
They had to wait for the fire brigade.

Aparantly it is still possible to revive someone upto half an hour later if the water is cold enough.

My condolances go to the childs family.