Agonising 90 seconds baby drowns in pool behind oblivious texting mum as desperate child tries to alert her

Distressing footage shows a drowning toddler frantically struggling in the water for around 90 seconds - while her mum sat texting just yards away.



The girl, who was celebrating her first birthday, has been in a coma for a month and is now dependant on breathing apparatus to keep her alive.



In the clip, a young boy in the pool with her can be seen trying to save the girl and get the mum's attention, but she waves him away and continues to use her phone.



By the time she spotted her daughter drowning, the child was not breathing and had turned purple.



CCTV footage from the pool shows the mum playing with the boy before turning away to use her phone.



The toddler, named in Chinese media as Xiao Ai, immediately flips upside down in the pool and slips out of her swim ring.



She is seen struggling in the water just a few feet from her oblivious parent.



The boy in the pool tries to save Xiao Ai by reaching his hands towards her, but he cannot help her and even tries putting the swim ring above her on the pool surface.