A Venice man remains hospitalized after a near drowning in a pool at a home on Bird Bay Drive Wednesday. Police and EMS crews were called to a home in response to a 64-year old man who went unconscious while swimming. One Venice Police officer happened to be nearby and got to the scene first. A report says he found the man lying on the edge of the pool and pulled him out and began CPR. The man was taken to Venice Regional Hospital- his condition is unknown.