Well to paraphrase the late, great Johnnie Cochran
If the ice is too thin, you’re gonna fall in.
They should have listened to Christopher Walken.
The author wanted to make doubly sure we knew the person was dead.
I guess George Bailey was not available for rescue.
Global warming?
By the time I got home, my pants were frozen solid. I did not dare tell my parents what happened until years later. The punishment they would have wielded out (for me putting myself in that situation in the first place) would have been far worse!
There was a lake up in Melrose, MA that we used to play hockey on. It was called Spot Pond. A Melrose fire truck would drive onto the lake and park in the middle. That told the rest of us the ice was safe. If the fire truck wasn't there, we weren't allowed to go onto it.
I never did figure out how the Melrose FD knew the ice was safe enough to drive a truck out there in the first place. I don't think they ever lost a truck.
Consistent with the current attitudes regarding accidental deaths reported on this compassionate and Christian website, the jokes here reflect what this site has devolved to........
Stampede is a reservoir. As such it is subject to the water level changing even in the Winter.
Sad news...
Unfortunately, the death will be attributed to Climate Change, which means it will become a political event instead of a human tragedy.
Props to the author who actually knows the correct use of the word farthest.
One individual who was skating the farthest from the group
RIP to the person who died.
Question. Should there be a local or state ordinance/law requiring skaters on ponds to wear life_preserver vests?
Many of these type of tragedies are preventable.
Just asking!