Samaritans rescue 13-year-old who falls through ice in pond
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) - A 13-year-old is back home, safe with his mother, after being pulled out of an icy pond by bystanders on Friday.
It's the second ice emergency we've seen this week and now, first responders are issuing a stern reminder to be cautious when encountering bodies of water that appear to be frozen.
KRDO13 sat down with one of those good Samaritans, Lonnie Jabour, who says he reacted immediately.
"I opened the window and I just heard this ungodly screaming. It was just bloody murder. And I looked out and I said, oh my god, somebody is in the lake," recalls a neighbor, Lonnie Jabour. "Yeah, I was prepared to do what I had to do to get him out."
Jabour says it was a lucky coincidence that he heard the boy screaming.
"We were cooking, so I had some food odors in the house. I went upstairs, I opened the window, which I never do, and, I heard this bloody awful scream...I looked out the window and I see this person in the middle of the lake, and he's going under the water. And he kept going under the water and he kept going under the water, and he's come up and he's screaming," says Lonnie Jabour.
Jabour says he quickly grabbed a blanket and ran out to the pond to help the boy. However, Jabour says the real credit goes to a nurse whom he watched lie across the ice to reach the young boy and pull him out.
This follows another ice rescue in Aurora earlier this week.
Firefighters rescued a man who had fallen into an icy pond. He was taken to the hospital, but died later that night.
As for the 13-year-old, he's okay and was treated on scene, but it's all prompting some urgent reminders.
Our warm temps have weakened the ice, making it dangerously thin in many locations. The Colorado Springs Fire Department is advising to steer clear of the ice, and if you do see an emergency, call 911 immediately.
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