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Eighth-Grade Hero Saves Boy From Drowning in Icy Pond
“I just kept thinking to myself, he’s going to fall in, he’s going to fall in,” Boy Scout recalls. “And then he fell in.”

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“I just kept thinking to myself, he’s going to fall in, he’s going to fall in,” Boy Scout recalls. “And then he fell in.”

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Fredric Magis, 49, used the money to purchase airline tickets, cruises, payments on his own credit cards and more.
Zac Thomas witnessed a fourth grader fall through an icy pond and rushed to save him.
“I just kept thinking to myself, he’s going to fall in, he’s going to fall in,” Boy Scout recalls. “And then he fell in.”
Postage prices will rise on Jan. 26.
Postage prices will rise on Jan. 26.
Postage prices will rise on Jan. 26.
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The school would be open to third-eighth grade students in four local school districts.
The school would be open to third-eighth grade students in four local school districts.
Fredric Magis, 49, used the money to purchase airline tickets, cruises, payments on his own credit cards and more.