Oklahoma City police arrested a woman on complaints of child abuse, accused of possibly trying to drown two children in June.Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.The two children involved were cousins and even though they were only in three feet of water at the Will Rogers Family Aquatic Center, the lifeguards at the pool saved their lives.“His instincts jumped in when he came back to that scanned area, and they were still face down, he entered the water to make the save,” said Mason Williams, supervisor for the Oklahoma City Parks and Recreation Department.>> Download the KOCO 5 AppAt the end of June, the two children, ages four and six, were seen motionless underwater when they were saved by lifeguards. “With the assistance of a patron in the water, that lifeguard and one of our other head lifeguards were able to evacuate those two out of the water,” Williams said.A police report said it was initially a drowning call, a tense situation for parents and pool staff.“The young girl, I believe, we did have to give some resuscitation breaths to, and we were able to get that water out of her system and bring her back,” Williams said.KOCO 5 learned this week that the mother of one of the children and an aunt to the other child was arrested on Wednesday. A witness told officers at the scene that the woman was seen holding the kids underwater while several people yelled at her, but it’s unknown how long the children were without air, according to an affidavit.“Two minutes is kind of that point of no return almost where you really want to get them back,” Williams said.One of the victims, the woman’s daughter, was interviewed by officers this week. The girl “disclosed she was only able to touch the bottom of the swimming pool with her hands. She disclosed her mother had attempted to force her to swallow water,” according to the affidavit.The lifeguards that jumped into action were 16 and 21 years old.“Our lifeguard that was on the stand that observed this, it was his first season. He had been on the job for four weeks when it happened. So, he was able to react, put his training into effect,” Williams said.KOCO 5 is not reporting the woman’s name since formal charges have not been filed yet. After being interviewed by police on Wednesday, “the defendant was adamant this was something she did not do. However, confessed that this was something she could have done,” according to the affidavit.Top HeadlinesWalz’s night, Bill Clinton’s dig at Trump, influencers flexing clout: DNC Day 3 takeawaysOKCFD: School bus involved in hit-and-run crash in northeast Oklahoma CityInvestigation underway after driver crashes into northwest OKC home, flees sceneFormer Pottawatomie County deputy charged with falsely reporting a crime52-year-old Spencer man drowns at Lake Thunderbird, OHP says