Girl, 3, has intestines ripped out in freak pool drain accident — and miraculously survives

A 3-year-old girl miraculously survived a freak accident involving a pool drain — which ripped out her small intestine during a family vacation in Mexico, according to a lawsuit.

Little Paloma Quatrini was just days away from celebrating her fourth birthday in Feb. 2025 when the protective covering of the drain in the kiddie pool at the Punta Mita Resort in Nayarit went haywire, sucking her in as she was sitting in the shallow end, according to the complaint obtained by People.

Paloma’s mom and dad, Carolina Velez and Adam Quatrini, frantically tried to pull their daughter away from the drain — but the force of the suction was too strong. 

After two terrifying minutes,