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Heroic Rescue: Firefighters Save Girl from Ice Plunge
12/12/2025
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Story summary
- Firefighters rescued a 14-year-old girl who fell through the ice on Fellsmere Pond in Malden, Massachusetts, around 2 p.m.
- Rescue teams arrived quickly and freed her within 30 seconds.
- The girl was conscious when transported to a nearby hospital.
- Captain Roy Tribble described the urgency and said he jumped into the water immediately, and Captain Bob Hegarty warned that ice thickness is unpredictable.
