[balrog666]

... and then climbed onto support beams 12 feet above water, where he began to scream for help.

Couldn't swim? Didn't want to get his perm wet? Psychic blindness? Or just an idiot?

[Barbie Doll]

Just an idiot.

[crystalk]

poor attempt at humor; this is way up north. those waters are icy, a swimmer in May would die of hypothermia very quickly. and the lake large; in darkness, how could one tell which way to swim? He did what was wise, and is alive to tell the tale.

If the two "boys" were seven, big deal. If they were 17, they are as guilty as adults for refusal to help or send help...