A young boy and his 59-year-old neighbor were rescued from a partially frozen pond in Cary, officials have reported. The incident occurred in a residential area off Caniff Lane, where first responders were called to the scene around 12:45 p.m yesterday. CBS 17 stated that the child attempted to cross the icy pond, led by curiosity after a snowy storm, and plunged through the thin ice. A nearby man, seeing the situation unfold, entered the water in a bid to save him before they were both rescued by firefighters.
The Cary Police Department confirmed that the pair were in water reaching approximately adult chest height. The man’s fiancée was responsible for alerting the authorities, who then used a rope to facilitate the rescue, as was reported by WRAL. Despite the chilling circumstances, both the man and child were in the water for less than five minutes and were expected to recover without severe consequences…