A quick-thinking former volunteer firefighter used his ice-rescue training and a ladder to help pull a boy to safety from an icy Coquitlam lake Thursday, after he saw the 10-year-old's head pop out of the icy waters. 'Worst place to fall through'But then he spotted another boy's head pop out of the water and he realized that the two 10-year-old boys were in jeopardy. Muir said he and another man tried to get to them on foot, but they kept falling through the ice. 'Grabbed the rung and popped right up'So, Muir waded into the chest-deep water and he and another man worked to slide a ladder to the boy struggling in the icy lake. Coquitlam RCMP issued a release that lauded the "heroic action" of Muir, who they credit with saving the lives of the two boys.

Source: CBC News February 22, 2019 20:37 UTC