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To recover and boost three of the children onto the raft. >> we were kind of running out of room inside the raft. >> the two kids still in the water, joanna morales and her brother rafael, let go of the ice and start drifting away. >> you could see it in their faces. i started to lose one of them. >> la mancha quickly grabs the girl, joanna, leaving rafael for the moment. >> at that point i heard him say, im going to give up, and at that point, he kind of pushed off. and i reached in, and thank ...

The children onto the raft. >> we were kind of running out of room inside the raft. >> the two kids still in the water, joanna morales and her brother rafael, let go of the ice and start drifting away. >> you could see it in their faces. i started to lose one of them. >> la mancha quickly grabs the girl, joanna, leaving rafael for the moment. >> at that point i heard him say, im going to give up, and at that point, he kind of pushed off. and i reached in, and thank god i was close enough to reac...

They were almost listless at that stage. >> lieutenant piccone crawls across the ice, trying to disperse his weight. >> i reach the kids. thats when it got crazy. the ice broke. the kids, we all went right in. >> now six firefighters, two police officers, and the two children fight to stay afloat. >> it seemed like an eternity. >> there was no way that we were going to let these kids go. >> rescuers onshore scramble to pull everybody to safety, and miraculously everybody, including the kids, mak...

>> i was really close enough to see their eyes, and they were in panic. they were almost listless at that stage. >> lieutenant piccone crawls across the ice, trying to disperse his weight. >> i reach the kids. thats when it got crazy. the ice broke. the kids, we all went right in. >> now six firefighters, two police officers, and the two children fight to stay afloat. >> it seemed like an eternity. >> there was no way that we were going to let these kids go. >> rescuers onshore scramble to pull ...

Tethered to the rescue ropes onshore, the officers are able to recover and boost three of the children onto the raft. >> we were kind of running out of room inside the raft. >> the two kids still in the water, joanna morales and her brother rafael, let go of the ice and start drifting away. >> you could see it in their faces. i started to lose one of them. >> la mancha quickly grabs the girl, joanna, leaving rafael for the moment. >> at that point i heard him say, im going to give up, and at tha...

Firefighters, including lieutenant greg piccone, make it across the ice to help. >> i was really close enough to see their eyes, and they were in panic. they were almost listless at that stage. >> lieutenant piccone crawls across the ice, trying to disperse his weight. >> i reach the kids. thats when it got crazy. the ice broke. the kids, we all went right in. >> now six firefighters, two police officers, and the two children fight to stay afloat. >> it seemed like an eternity. >> there was no w...

The children onto the raft. >> we were kind of running out of room inside the raft. >> the two kids still in the water, joanna morales and her brother rafael, let go of the ice and start drifting away. >> you could see it in their faces. i started to lose one of them. >> la mancha quickly grabs the girl, joanna, leaving rafael for the moment. >> at that point i heard him say, im going to give up, and at that point, he kind of pushed off. and i reached in, and thank god i was close enough to reac...

Panic. they were almost listless at that stage. >> lieutenant piccone crawls across the ice, trying to disperse his weight. >> i reach the kids. thats when it got crazy. the ice broke. the kids, we all went right in. >> now six firefighters, two police officers, and the two children fight to stay afloat. >> it seemed like an eternity. >> there was no way that we were going to let these kids go. >> rescuers onshore scramble to pull everybody to safety, and miraculously everybody, including the ki...

They were almost listless at that stage. >> lieutenant piccone crawls across the ice, trying to disperse his weight. >> i reach the kids. thats when it got crazy.p the ice broke. the kids, we all went right in. >> now six firefighters, two police officers, and the two children fight to stay afloat. >> it seemed like an eternity. >> there was no way that we were going to let these kids go. >> rescuers onshore scramble to pull everybody to safety, and miraculously everybody, including the kids, ma...

>> we were kind of running out of room inside the raft. ç >> the two kids still in the water, joanna morales and her brother rafael, let go of the ice and start drifting away. >> you could see it in their faces. i started to lose one of them. >> la mancha quickly grabs the girl, joanna, leaving rafael for the moment. >> at that point i heard him say, im going to give up, and at that point, he kind of pushed off. and i reached in, and thank god i was close enough to reach him, and i grabbed him...