Teenager drowns trying to save sister
NBC NEWS - A 17-year-old boy pulled out of the Niagara River by rescue teams off of Squaw Island Monday afternoon has died...
A 17-year-old boy pulled out of the Niagara River by rescue teams off of Squaw Island Monday afternoon has died.
The teenager was trying to save his little sister who fell in first. In all, three children ended up in the water.
A man at the park ended up coming to the rescue of the siblings.
Monday afternoon, Leonard Stevens just happened to be in the right place at the right time- Squaw Island around three o’clock- to become a life saver.
“I was here and happened to see the little girl go in the water. And, she slipped in. Slipped in off of the slippery rocks. And, the older brother, which right now, they’re taking to the hospital, jumped in after her,” said Stevens.
Stevens says he saw the seven-year-old’s brother struggling to rescue her.
“He got her up and the current started taking them out. So then, a second sister jumped in after the brother. I’m running down to assist them. The current took both of them out,” he recalls.
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