Bystanders dive in to save 6 year old.

I can't help it...I really enjoy hearing stories about people taking the risks associated with helping others. Now, I completly advocate for calculated risks, and in this event the bystanders thought the risk of their lives versus that of a 6 year old child was a good exchange, and for the 6 year old it was. Now professional rescuers are looking for those that entered the raging river in hopes of a successful outcome.

South Dakota rescuers are attempting to mitigate minimal visability from a foam riddled river looking for the two individuals who rescued a boy. As reporters state, the Foam is a by-product of chemical agents that are leaked into the river causing grave circumstances for the two.

Now those very same responders are presuming those two individuals have drown in the icy river in which they were able to extricate the 6 year old from. (http://www.emsworld.com/news/10894951/woman-man-drown-in-icy-south-dakota-river)

Take Care and Stay Safe! Combomedic

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