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Two children pulled from Lake Nokomis, taken to hospital

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Updated: Sept. 7, 1:46 p.m. | Posted: Sept. 6, 4:20 p.m.

The Minneapolis Fire Department said two children were taken to a hospital Monday afternoon after being pulled from Lake Nokomis.

Fire officials say both children were unconscious and had no pulse when they were taken out of the water. Hennepin County sheriff's officials said the two brothers, one believed to be 8-years-old and the other 11, were swimming with their father Monday afternoon when they struggled in deep water.

The older child regained a pulse and began breathing after receiving CPR. Sheriff's spokesperson Andrew Skoogman said rescuers “located them rather quickly, getting to one in about a minute and to the other in a few minutes.”

Both remain hospitalized in critical condition, authorities said Tuesday.