A neighbor had jumped in and helped keep the boy afloat until police in Illinois arrived to get them out. READ MORE
AURORA, Ill. - A 9-year-old Illinois boy is lucky to be alive after falling into an icy pond.On Tuesday, the city honored the resident and police officers who saved the boy.
Tyshaun LaFlore fell through the ice the day before Thanksgiving when he went onto a frozen pond to get a football.“My son came into the house like, ‘A boy fell through the pond,’ and I just took off running,” O’Neal said.“I seen his brother tied to a string or rope because he was trying to go out there and get his brother,” she said. “Just seeing the fear in everybody’s eyes, I just jumped in.”“When I got into the water, I just told him like, ‘Hold on to me. It’s going to be OK,’” O’Neal said.
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