Three people have died after they fell through ice on Woods Canyon Lake in Arizona. KPNX’s William Pitts reports.
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Scary
RIP 🙏
What a horrific death
Play stupid games win stupid prizes
This is so sad. My condolences…
Yes, stupid people are sad
@Mc1r1950 you sound very cruel. they probably weren’t used to winter conditions.
I can’t feel bad for this idiotic act. It makes no sense unless they wanted to die. 🤷♀️
You gotta love natural selection in action….
Amen…but they populated already….
Guess they never crossed a river before. They know they can’t.
Sadly: What part do people don’t understand about frozen ice that’s not thick. 🪦🪦🪦
What’s unfortunate is they likely had never seen ice before or were capable of swimming for that matter truly unfortunate.
@Chris Walsh LOL. I think swimming isn’t in some cultures. They don’t get icy snow in India, so you’re probably right…they’re likely not aware of thin ice for trying to walk across an icy river.
No, they are just stupid
@Mc1r1950 😉😉
Which makes it that much more foolish as to why they would try their luck.
@Mike Who Cheese Harry We dont get lot of snow & ice here in india except in the state of Jammu & Kashmir. We do have a few states where it snows. But a lot of of indians are not exposed to extreme winters or frozen ice! So that might be one of the reasons the group could not gauge the situation.
Very sad for the surviving children. Six people walking on thin ice, I’m surprised some survived.
Perhaps the weight of the younger kids didn’t break the ice.
Darwinism
they were new to india and they lived right next to my neighborhood they went to payson az and it was actaully 7 people that went on the ice they all fell when they stood next to each other for pictures ans the two kids came out those 2 kids might have to now go back to india
Im so very very sorry to the family for their loss. Such a horrific tragedy. 🙁
That’s a first. Usually it’s cars who try to cross flooded waters and die. Or in the summer. Toddlers drown in pools.
Sorry but u gotta be stupid to walk on any ice ……..NEVER!! WALK ON ICE!!!! DONT TRUST IT!!…..NEVER!!
Well that’s not a good thing that a sheriff for emergency response Services knows nothing about emergency life-threatening conditions such as basic information like hypothermia. But I bet he knows how to pull out his gun and shoot someone and claim that he was in fear for his life
He didn’t say he knew nothing. He said he wasn’t an expert. Looks like you are though, so quick: how long does it take for a healthy 185 pound human to experience issues in this setting?
Tik tok at it again. Typical 🐑
No word to say
Good thing you had that ready to copy/paste from last time then.
Not a place to be.
NBC any updates on the border crisis? You heard about it, havent you?
Wearing thick winter clothes makes getting off water or wading really difficult. Even if they could swim, trapped in freezing water every second counts. RIP and sorry for the children left behind.
Wearing thick winter clothes also gives you temporary buoyancy for a few seconds, when you pop to the surface the first time you better be ready to grab the edge of the ice and use that momentum to lift and roll out, after that all bets are off. Boots or other footwear is what makes it hardest to keep your head above water.
First ice is usually the best fishing, many ice fishermen that go out on thin ice keep an inflated inner tube tied to them with a short piece of rope, some wear “ice claws” on lanyards for each wrist, help grip on to the ice to pull yourself out. I’ve know a few guys that have gone in at least a couple times each, no big deal to them, but they’re prepared for it. I’ve also had a little personal experience with the subject once.
Illegal immigrants probably
SMH. They are the most successful and wealthy immigrants …
Darwin award winners 🏆
Only if they hadn’t bred yet.
😂😂😂
Probably the youngest kid peer dare teasing next Sibling going after and an adult trying to save them.
A Case of Human Natural Selection.
So smart😂😂
All those MaGa republicans are revealing themselves in the comments.
Aren’t you tired of trying to make everything about politics? What a sad life you must live. I can’t imagine.
@MrStaple Then tell ur fellow Maga family members if they ain’t got nothing nice 2 say 2 be quiet. A family is dead but ur only concern is politics… Literally almost every comment in here is politic related🤡
@MrStaple exactly it feeds into system elites want, little people fighting each other while our rights are picked away
Yep you walk on the ice you could fall in. Dumbasses….
Another death by selfie. It’s not worth it.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes😂
Only a sociopath would find humor in a story like this. I’d say get help but you’re probably beyond that
Logic tells you, don’t stand on any frozen lakes.
They watched too many Hollywood movies.
Why? Why were they even out there? Where is the common sense?
There is no such thing as common sense – if there was you would not need ‘no smoking signs’ at gas stations.
There is none!
Walking on frozen lakes is so dangerous unless highly skilled my mom fell threw ice before by pure luck my dad reached his arm threw the busted ice and by inches got hold of her hair and pulled her up to safety I pray for these people who didn’t make it
Big tragic mistake
Why would you go stand on frozen lake?
Such bad judgment is hard to fathom
Oh, I see what you did there.
Some lessons have a steep learning curve.
🤣😂🤣😂🤣
I don’t get it man, you hear about these types of stories EVERY year WITHOUT fail!
You can’t do stupid things and not expect bad outcomes.
I mean we wake up everyday.
@Ma final message, Change da world goodbye
Where is your wallowed out mouth at loser
I’d love to get in range of it
I’ve got something I’m sure you’d like for it
How much you wanna bet it was for Instagram
Desert folks don’t know what to do when “the water got hard”…
Bet they do now .
Poor mexinuggets had probably never seen ice before. Sad.
Wtf were they doing?u can’t walk on lakes in arizona!not usually at least
Stupid is as stupid does….. thank God the planet’s rid of these ones
Hope the picture was worth it 🤦♂️
Good to hear that natural selection is still doing great work!
Oh man
Question is why did they go out on it 🤔
why did they think they could walk on ice that thin??
Why the heck was they on the lake?
Taking pictures
Stupid is as stupid does 🤷♂
there’s no more PSAs on tv like the 70s or 80s – newbies just don’t get a heads up and repeat the same mistakes of 1/2 century earlier that were way more common.
I don’t know why people always defy this caution! if you don’t have an instrument to measure the depth of a frozen lake or river, you shouldn’t be on it at all! Once you go under the ice the chances of saving you are VERY slim if they can’t locate WHERE you are
My first reaction would be to try to climb with my hands, but the right reaction would be to do a plank on your belly and glide so I understand why there could be such accidents.
I guess they won’t come again….
Not gods…
Unfortunate they didn’t know any better.
Darwinism at its finest.
It’s is unfortunate for that family, being from India, this may have been their first time experiencing a frozen lake without considering the fact that you have to be much further north with longer sustained periods of freezing temperatures to ensure thickness is at level that would support the weight.
It’s really not good to speak poorly of the dead…. But with something like this- it’s so tempting.
I suppose the kids have checked this lesson off…
Play stupid games
They did it to themselves.
What a dumb thing to do, im sorry to say. And condolences for the surviving family members
According to the CDC, slips on ice and snow account for a million injuries a year–and 17,000 deaths. Most of these fatalities occur from head injuries resulting from the fall, many of which could have been prevented by seeking immediate medical care. Death from falling through ice is much rarer – about five per year in North America.
I think Dr Adkins died from a slip and fall on ice.
fascinating…
In Seattle we had the worst freezing rain in decades a week ago, which quite literally washed away any road salt then made a half inch of ice over all surfaces. My fiance works in the ER and saw like half a dozen of brain bleeds and a ton of broken bones. Slipping on ice is no joke!
@OGAngie Wow – that’s really terrifying. I saw a video on the ice in Seattle because my son lives there and it’s interesting to me to see the Seattle weather. So sorry for all those people who slipped. A very interesting through-the-ice tragedy happened years ago at Convict Lake in California. Some youth and counsellors went out on the ice and several died falling through it. Our western states do get some freezing weather at times and all should be aware of the dangers. Thank you for sharing.
A picture to die for….
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes
Stop just stop for God’s sake! Stop taking pictures on ice cliffs etc. You will die not rocket science here. So I ruined your children’s lives.
You ruined
What were they thinking?
Oh lord that’s horrible 🙏🏻
Sometimes natural selection works in cruel ways.
Throw bigs rocks on the frozen lake before being dumb enough to walk on it.
Deepest condolences to the family wherever they may be.
it’s possible one of those kids ran towards the thinner ice and fell through first , then the situation escalated as the others fell through while attempting a rescue
Walking on thin ice? Well, if I can’t say something nice I should just exit this web page. Goodbye all.
My brother, for some unexplained reason, took a little stroll along the Missouri River. On the ice. Walking parallel to the bank. Without warning the ice broke and down he went. By whatever graces, he hit the bottom and jumped as hard as he could and managed to pop up out of the hole he created. Sad part is, by the time he told me about it, it had been months since the river had been frozen over. I asked him wtf he was thinking and he must’ve realized he couldn’t explain away his actions. I could…. He happens to be a meth addict. I’m sure he was on a binge like usual. He completely shut down when I really began to question wtf he was doing? He won’t speak of it to this day and will get extremely awkward and irritated when asked about that day. I can’t imagine what he felt falling to what I’m sure he was convinced would be his death.
The pictures turned out great though.
You could not get me onto any lake because of the word ARIZONA.
One more death selfie.
Best way not to fall through a frozen lake is not to walk on one🤔
WHO WALKS ON ICE ON A LAKE?
EVEN PETER THE DISCIPLE HAD TO
REACH OUT TO THE HAND OF GOD.
LIKE THEY SAY, “DON’T TRY THIS”!
Stupid third world country s never seen snow 🌨️❄️ in their native land 🧐😳🤨
Peace and love to the loved ones left behind
natural selection at work
Rest in peace
Ice doesn’t seem to be as thick as it usta be. Nobody went on the ice in a decade up until the time I sold my lake house.
Sad but I hope they all get a Darwin Award Statue and not just a plaque
My condolences.
Duh…
…….I thought movies would’ve taught people that ice on lakes is deadly. Don’t be stupid like them
Something similar happened at the Grand Canyon. Someone got too close to the edge to take a selfie; the rest is history.
Ice breaks under pressure of weight.
an indian lol
Oh jus heard at my dentist appointment today geez those poor 3 few gotta be careful never know wheres thin ice forks it’s jus campy n unkind like it can support someone onna empty stomach like it could
Play stupid games….
Atleast they died doing what they love. Rip
And all cause of ignorant parents!
Absolutely heartbreaking 💔 😢
How stupid walking on frozen lake
What a horrible situation. You probably wouldn’t be able to pull yourself up so you would have to swim to shore.
Water at 31 degrees? I’m not so sure, pal
Darwinism
God never meant for people to live in Arizona
Please don’t go out on the ice, it’s too dangerous.