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A quick walk onto a frozen pond (池塘) could have been a disaster for thesetwo boys.
Cruz Genet, 11, and Anthony Skopick, 10, couldn't agree more. Were thebirds out on the ice ducks or geese? There was only one way to find out. So on a
cold January evening last year, the two friends walked onto the frozen pond neartheir homes to get a better look.
First, they threwa rock onto the ice to test it. Believing the ice would holdtheir weight, Anthony tooka few steps, and then he erashed through the seminglyfrozen surface. "There was no sound and no crack, he told the reporter. "I just fellthrough immediately."
Cruz rushed to help his frightened friend. And he fell in the pond, too. Cruzmanaged to lift himself out of the water and onto a harder part. He then carefullyworked his way toward Anthony, but he fell in the pond again. This time. hecouldn't get out.
The two boys were in icy cold water and quickly losing feeling in their limbs(四肢). Cruz was sure that he was going to die.
Anthony's older sister had seen the boys fall through the ice and startedshouting for help. John Lavin, a neighbor driving nearby on his way to the store,heard her. He quickly pulled over. Seeing the boys, he took a nearby buoy (浮标)，kicked off his shoes, and ran into the water. Lavin made his way to Cruz andAnthony and drew them back to land. They were taken to hospital, where doctorsdiscovered that their five-minute stay in the water had lowered their bodytemperature nearly ten degrees.
Luckily, the boys have fully recovered, though they are still a little awestruck(敬畏的) by their fearless neighbor. "Just to think," says Cruz, "if he hadn't beenthere, I could have died."
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