When five boys from Vancouver went out for a day of skiing, they never expected to become internet sensations. But that’s just what happened to the group when they helped save a boy who was dangling from a chairlift 👏 Read the full CBCKidsNews story here
CBC Kids News • PublishedWhen five boys from Vancouver went out to Grouse Mountain for a day of skiing last week, they never expected to become internet sensations.
The incident was caught on video and has been shared thousands of times, turning the five kids into celebrities overnight.The kids, who are all home-schooled, got together again for a Skype interview with CBC Kids News to tell the story about what happened. From left to right, Joshua Ravensbergen, 12, Gabriel Neilson, 13, James MacDonald, 14, Ethan Harvey, 13, and Sam North, 13 became heroes overnight.
MacDonald said he sent someone to get some out-of-bounds netting, and he and Ravensbergen found a yellow mat to use as padding.They put the mat on the netting to “cushion the impact,” said MacDonald.
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