NH school principal dives in river to rescue boy
Elementary school principal Gwen Rhodes used trees along riverbank to pull them to safety; both were treated for hypothermia, some bruises
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The Associated Press
ROCHESTER, N.H. — An elementary school principal in New Hampshire jumped into a frozen river to save a 10-year-old student who fell through the ice.
Firefighters say that because of Principal Gwen Rhodes' quick action, Andrew Brown was in the Cocheco River for just a few minutes.
He had fallen through the ice Wednesday outside the Gonic School in Rochester.
Rhodes said the boy, who has autism, ran away from a teacher and through the woods behind the school onto the frozen river after a morning break. Both the teacher and Rhodes took off after him and saw him come to a stop on a patch of thin ice.
Rhodes says she was able to get to Andrew and use trees along the riverbank to pull them to safety.
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