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SIX KIDS AND TEENS FALL THROUGH CENTRAL PARK ICE

February 21, 2017 | 10:12 AM
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FDNY rescuers probe the water in Central Park to make sure everyone is out. Photo via FDNY.

Six young people — including one as young as 10 years old — fell through the ice in a pond near the southeast corner of Central Park early Monday evening. CBS talked to one of the teens.

McQueen said he and several of his friends wanted to take a group selfie, despite warning signs that the ice might be thin.

“We started to throw stuff on the ice to see if it would, and it wouldn’t break, so then we went on the ice,” he said.

McQueen was in horror the next thing he knew.

“Like, my chest was closing up, like, I couldn’t breathe,” he said. “We were all sinking down, and we were holding on to each other.”

Passers-by and emergency workers stepped up to rescue them. One of the rescuers said a boy was unconscious when he pulled him out. They were taken to different hospitals, and FDNY said the injuries were not considered life-threatening.

Witnesses and rescuers described what happened on social media:

@ethanturnbull and I tonight went out to Skateboard around Central Park. Passing a frozen lake we saw a group of 6 kids go though the ice. We ran over and immediately we're put in the toughest situation I think We will have to go through. 6 kids screaming for help being pulled down by each other, soaking backpacks and huge jackets. I had to make a decision to get in the middle of that or watch them drown. When I got about waste deep two of the kids jumped on top of me and pulled me under. I had to pick them both up and throw them to Ethan. I then grabbed a ladder and pulled the next 2 in. Behind them were two lifeless bodies that I knew I couldn't get too. I swam out and grabbed the last two guys and was able to get them to shore and keep them alive. I feel humbled and grateful that God called me to be there tonight, I'm still shaking and am completely shook by what I experienced, but I'm alive and so are 6 other kids who got very lucky tonight.

A post shared by @bennett_jonas on Feb 20, 2017 at 8:39pm PST

First time at Central Park and I witnessed drama! Group of boys decided to have a bit of Jolly on the "frozen" lake… started taking selfies and jumping on the ice… ice gave way and they went under… lucky for them, a passerby saw it and quickly threw a ladder in for them. Hopefully no one was hurt and a lesson for the kids to remember.

A post shared by Adrian Tan (@withadriatic) on Feb 20, 2017 at 3:00pm PST

NYers, there is no such thing as safe ice. Learn to be #FDNYSmart at https://t.co/zii5uY5RoV pic.twitter.com/FLQ3K5e0Xy

— FDNY (@FDNY) February 21, 2017

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wombatnyc
wombatnyc
5 years ago

a flock of putzs’ – 65 Degrees – Hey ” lets go for a walk on the pond “

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Carlos
Carlos
5 years ago

Darwinism at work – I feel bad for the FDNY rescue team that had to help these idiots.

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James M
James M
5 years ago
Reply to  Carlos

I’m remembering stupider things I did at that age. Teenagers act impulsively. Cut them some slack.

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chrigid
chrigid
5 years ago
Reply to  Carlos

sounds like a passing skateboarder got them all out; was he a fireman? where did he get the ladder?

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B.B.
B.B.
5 years ago
Reply to  chrigid

Skateboarders are both “models” according to published reports.

http://nypost.com/2017/02/21/how-these-models-rescued-teens-from-central-parks-frozen-pond/

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Zulu
Zulu
5 years ago
Reply to  chrigid

There are small red wooden ladders placed along the edge of the lakes for cases just like this.

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D-nyc
D-nyc
5 years ago
Reply to  chrigid

They are ice rescue ladders. The park places them a few hundred yards apart along all the bodies of water in the park. They get placed mid fall and removed in late spring.

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Paul RL
Paul RL
5 years ago
Reply to  chrigid

Chigrid, the Parks Department places rescue ladders near most of the larger bodies of water in the Park.

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Zeus
Zeus
5 years ago
Reply to  Carlos

Amen!

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GeezersRscum
GeezersRscum
5 years ago
Reply to  Carlos

Kids are dumb. Kids make mistakes. You would rather they be left to die?

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Kathleen
Kathleen
5 years ago
Reply to  GeezersRscum

@GeezersRscum I didn’t hear anyone suggest they shouldn’t be rescued. Relax.

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DenMark
DenMark
5 years ago
Reply to  Kathleen

Kathleen – Darwinism i.e. survival of the fittest, implies they should have died. Relaxed or not, that is pretty clear.

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Ted
Ted
5 years ago
Reply to  DenMark

Actually it only implies that they would be unable to produce viable offspring.

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Chris
Chris
5 years ago

Beautiful NYFD to the rescue. They are our heroes. Grateful to them every day.

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lmr
lmr
5 years ago
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Not FDNY to rescue, rather passersby.

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Nancy
Nancy
5 years ago

Charge the kids for the Firefighters’ rescue efforts.

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NY'er
NY'er
5 years ago

The two guys who jumped in to save them – what heroes!!

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Mike
Mike
5 years ago

Darwinism at its best. Hope parents are billed by city for whatever it cost to rescue these morons

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Giulia
Giulia
5 years ago
Reply to  Mike

I think it’s worth pointing out that yes they are idiots, but this is not how the fire department works. All of us (including, presumably, the kids’ parents) pay taxes that go to such services, regardless of how dumbly and undeservedly they are used.

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MJ
MJ
5 years ago
Reply to  Mike

I guess you never did anything dumb when you were a kid, Mike?

Thank goodness they are ok.

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Elizabeth M.
Elizabeth M.
5 years ago

This is amazing. Yes, those kids did a dumb thing but the two guys that risked their own lives to save the lives of strangers are heros. They’ve got a lot of good karma coming their way. Kudos! Nice to hear stories like this instead of all the negative stuff.

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Johnny UWS
Johnny UWS
5 years ago

It elevates my spirit to hear of the braving of these two young men. It’s hard not to be proud listening to his retelling the tale of rescue. When too many people think millennials are all about themselves and their selfies it’s good to “meet,” these two and know they share our city too.

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lynn
lynn
5 years ago

Am I reading this wrong or are other posters just skipping the facts? It appears that Bennett Jonas and Ethan Turnbull saved the kids from drowning and the FD were called in during/after the rescue to search the water. I just saw the story on the news and someone was standing off at a distance videotaping the kids scrambling to hold on and not go under.They all looked extremely young. I’m just shocked that there were no adults with them because obviously they weren’t old enough or mature enough to be out on their own. They were kids very fortunate that Jonas and Turnbull came by and acted as fast as they did.

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B.B.
B.B.
5 years ago

Anyone care to lay odds one or more of the parents of these Darwin Award of The Year kids will sue NYC?

Yes, there are signs everywhere warning to stay off the body of water; but maybe the city should have built a wall or fenced the property off…….

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