A Delaware County teenager was honored Monday for his brave rescue of three children who had fallen through an icy pond at a local park last month.
Anthony Alexander Jr., 16, said he was playing basketball with his friends at Collingdale Park on an unseasonably warm Tuesday afternoon when a little girl frantically ran up to him asking for help.
Alexander called 911 and raced down to the 8-foot deep pond to save the children from the frigid water. He used a thick branch to plunk on girl from the pond and dragged a boy to safety. A 16-year-old boy and a local police office helped save a trio of children who fell through an icy pond Monday afternoon in Collingdale.
Alexander Jr., the youngest of eight children, was surrounded by proud family members during the ceremony at a Collingdale Borough Council meeting Monday.
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