5 teenagers save 2 small children after sled somehow ends up in frigid pond
MIDDLETON, New Jersey (WCBS) Five teenage boys are being hailed as heroes, after a day of sledding last week nearly turned tragic in New Jersey.
The teens jumped into action to save two children from an icy pond, CBS2’s Kiran Dhillon reported Sunday.
As snow piled up and excitement ran high on Thursday, 8-year-old Olivia Heid and her 4-year-old brother, RJ, hopped on their sled for the first time ever. But little did they know what was about to happen next.
“Oh my God, this could have been a catastrophic situation,” mother Stephanie Irlbeck said.
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Two children 8 and 4 years old were rescued after a sledding accident.
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What started as a fun family day in the snow quickly turned into a nightmare when two young children fell into a freezing pond in need of an urgent, icy rescue.
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Rich Heid and Stephanie Irlbeck with their two children Olivia and R.J.
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Each winter members of the Boy Scouts of America participate in a competition called the Klondike Derby. It’s become a staple for Troop 47, which is based in the Leonardo section of Middletown.
“There are 12 stations and they have to problem-solve,” Troop 47 Scoutmaster Mike Marinelli explained. “Some are simple tasks like tying knots. Others are first aid. One station every year is water rescue.”
In the water rescue the Scouts use ropes, buoys and human chains several people lined up, locked hand in hand, as a lifeline when no other equipment is available.
Five high school freshman are being called heroes for saving two children from an icy pond
Five New Jersey teens are being hailed as heroes after they saved two children from falling into an icy pond while they were sledding.
They group of high school freshmen, Tyler Armagan, Ryan Day, Joseph Dietrich, Kieran Foley and Drew Scalice, were getting ready to head home Thursday from sledding at the Beacon Hill Country Club in Middletown, New Jersey. Then they heard a commotion and realized the two small children were headed straight into a pond at the bottom of a hill.
Kieran, 14, told CNN’s New Day that the two siblings, 8-year-old Olivia Heid and her little brother, 4-year-old R.J., were sledding down the hill and their dad was yelling at them to jump off the sled.