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VOL. 111, NO. -23 JANUARY 2-8, 2020
Two boys rescued
from Forest Park
pond after falling
through ice: FDNY
BY BILL PARRY
BPARRY@SCHNEPSMEDIA.COM
@QNS
Two boys, ages 9 and 12, had to be rescued on
Christmas Day aft er the ice they were walking
on gave way, plunging them into the waters of
Strack Memorial Pond in Woodhaven’s Forest Park
around 3 p.m., according to the FDNY.
A quick-thinking third boy grabbed a Parks Department
rescue ladder and used it to help the boys
out of the chilly pond before the FDNY and NYPD
arrived on scene.
The ladder was positioned near the pond aft er a
Glendale boy, 11-year-old Anthony Perez, drowned
while rescuing another boy, 12-year-old Juan Umpierrez,
who had fallen through the ice at Strack
Memorial Pond in February 2018. Perez had rushed
in to pull his friend to safety, but he couldn’t get himself
back out of the water and became trapped under
the ice for up to half and hour while his Umpierrez
ran to fi nd help.
When fi rst responders arrived on the scene,
fi refi ghters had to break through the ice with their
hands and then went into the water to pull Perez out.
Rescuers performed CPR to try and revive the boy,
but they were unable to save him.
He was taken to Jamaica Hospital, where he was
pronounced dead. The two boys who fell through
the ice on Christmas Day led away from Strack Memorial
Pond by fi refi ghters who tried to warm them
with white towels and FDNY turnout coats.
They were transported to Jamaica Hospital
where they were treated for exposure and non-lifethreatening
injuries, according to an NYPD spokesman.
They are expected to make full recoveries,
authorities said.
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