The Ice Man To The Rescue

Everyday Heroes

- Juliana Labianca

CRUZ GENET, 11, and Anthony Skopick, 10, couldn’t agree. Were the birds out on the ice ducks or geese? There was only one way to find out. So on a chilly January evening last year, the two friends ventured onto the frozen pond near their homes in Frankfort, Illinois, to get a better look. First they tossed a rock onto the ice to test it, Cruz told NBC 5 Chicago. “Then we stepped on it.” Convinced the ice would hold their weight, Anthony took a few steps, then ... FOOMP. He crashed through the seemingly frozen surface. “There was no sound, no crack,” he told ABC7 Chicago. “