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‘I thought I lost my baby’: Mother speaks out after toddler found alive in morgue

Katherine Langford
Editor-in-Chief · Wednesday, October 21, 2026 at 6:00 AM · 1 min read
‘I thought I lost my baby’: Mother speaks out after toddler found alive in morgue — ABC 7 Suncoast SWFL, Bonita Springs Health news
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GILBERT, Ariz. (AZFamily/Gray News) - New details are emerging in the case of an 18-month-old boy who was pronounced dead at an Arizona hospital, only to be found alive in the morgue hours later.Vincent Fiordilino, 18 months, was taken to Mercy Gilbert Medical Center on Feb. 8 after nearly drowning in a swimming pool. He was pronounced dead — but five hours later, he was found alive in the hospital morgue.Now, nearly eight months after the incident, Vincent’s mother, Alexus Fiordilino, is speaking publicly for the first time. She said she still relives that day.“I didn’t even think stuff like that happened. I thought I lost my baby, and he was back,” she said. “There isn’t a day I don’t think about that day.”The incident began when the family found Vincent floating face down in a pool at a Super Bowl party. Police arrived and performed CPR before paramedics took the toddler to Mercy Gilbert. Fiordilino said she begged first responders to save her son.“I remember just begging the police

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