Quick-thinking neighbors and a Clallam County Fire District 3 first responder helped rescue a teen from the water after he fell through ice in a Diamond Point lagoon.
Battalion Chief Stef Anderson reported that witnesses called 9-1-1 around 10:36 a.m. Monday, saying someone fell into the ice and was “thrashing” around.
Anderson, a medic unit, a marine unit, rescue truck and volunteer aid car arrived to find the 14-year-old Seattle-area boy standing in about 3 feet of water attempting to break 3-inch-thick ice.
It’s unclear why he was on the ice, Anderson said, but she added he felt the ice was thick enough to walk on.
No one saw him fall in, she said, but residents spotted him in the lagoon surrounded by homes on South Diamond Shore Lane and Beach Drive.
He fell into the water about 60 feet from the shore.