A teenager that fell through ice into a Colorado lake trying to rescue three friends died Thanksgiving afternoon — the day after his 14th birthday.
Dyllan Whittenburg died on Thanksgiving, just one day after his 14th birthday, his family said.that he rushed to help his pals who had fallen through the ice on Crystal Lake in the Denver area on Tuesday, but he became trapped under ice in the frigid waters.
“From our understanding, Dyllan saw there was an issue, and he just took off running from what everybody said and dove in the water,” his aunt, Yvonne Wenzel, said.Neighbors used hoses, extension cords and ropes to pull Dyllan’s friends, two girls and a boy, to shore,Dyllan was out farther than the others, where the lake “quickly drops off a shelf to seven to eight feet,” fire officials said, and had slipped beneath the ice.
A dive team eventually pulled Dllyan out of the water and took him to a local hospital. He spent his 14th birthday laying in a hospital bed and died the next day, two days after he had fallen into the lake.
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