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A five-year-old boy from Londonderry has drowned after he fell into a hotel swimming pool near the Disneyland Resort in Paris.A five-year-old boy from Londonderry has drowned after he fell into a hotel swimming pool near the Disneyland Resort in Paris.
Colum Canning was staying at the Explorers Hotel near the resort. Colum Canning, from Springtown Road, was staying at the Explorers Hotel near the resort.
It is believed he fell into the hotel's pool shortly after arriving at the resort on Thursday. It is believed he fell into the pool shortly after arriving on Thursday.
He was discovered several minutes later, but had already lost consciousness. There are no further details. His aunt, Sophie Martin Canning, said Colum was a "lovely" five year old who was "full of mischief" and inseparable from his twin brother Kieran.
Mrs Martin Canning said the family had gone to Paris with their parents, David Bradley and Karen Canning and their seven-year-old sister, Caitlin, for Christmas.
It was also to celebrate the twins' birthday on Boxing Day.
They had been at the hotel for about an hour when the accident happened.
"They were playing down on the ground floor of the hotel at a play area, as children do, when my sister in law lost sight of him for a second... and she ran searching for him."
It is understood another child spotted him in the water and a Scottish man jumped into the pool and rescued him.
"He was pulled out of the water. There was a doctor who came to the scene. But they said there was no hope."
Mrs Martin Canning said Colum was put on a life support machine which was turned off on Saturday. His parents decided to donate his organs.
She said a police inquiry was ongoing and it could take up to 10 working days to get the child's body home.
"Colum was a lovely five-year-old boy. He was loving and full of mischief. The twins were inseparable. They just could not be separated ever," she said.