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.

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.

"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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