5 teens form human chain to rescue kids after sledding into icy pond

MIDDLETOWN, New Jersey (WABC) -- A New Jersey family is grateful for five teenage boys who formed a human chain to rescue two kids from an ice-cold pond.

Eight-year-old Olivia Heid and her four-year-old brother, RJ were sledding on Thursday at a country club in Middletown, when their sled flew over a ridge and into an icy pond.
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That is when a group of boys nearby jumped into action.

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"I picked up RJ first...the boys jumped in, I just tried to get them out of the water as quickly as possible," said Kieran Foley.

The teenagers say their Boy Scout training prepared them well.
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"The boys jumped in...and they all formed a chain and they handed them out as quickly as possible," added Heid's mother, Stephanie Irlbeck.

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