Neighbors Rescue 9-Year-Old Boy From Icy Acton Pond
ACTON (CBS) -- A nine year old Acton boy was pulled from an icy pond on Wednesday by two nearby residents who heard his cries for help.
The unidentified boy told rescuers he was walking on the embankment of the pond and slipped and fell into the water.
Adilson Almeida says he was looking out his apartment window to the pond below and saw a young boy had broken through the ice about half way out. He grabbed his friend Ty Lamb.
"He had his chest up to the ice and he was waving his arms and moving around," said Lamb.
As the boy was panicking in the freezing water Lamb didn't hesitate to wade in.
"We knew we had people on the shore, so with that knowledge I decided to break the ice as I walked out there and grabbed him," he said.
They formed a chain on the shoreline to bring the boy in who was soaking wet, crying and shaking. Residents of the apartment complex on Davis Street say children have been curious about the ice over the last few days, but the fluctuating temperatures made it a dangerous situation. Lamb says the boy, who is from Brazil, was fascinated by the icy surface.
"I think the boy isn't used to New England weather and ice," said Lamb. "I believe he comes from way down south where there isn't any ice."
It was a few heart stopping moments for Adilson Almeida who's grateful he heard the boy.
"It was a present from God to save somebody else," he said.
