CHARLOTTETOWN – Nine-year-old twins are back on dry land after being rescued from an ice floe that drifted away from shore as they played with friends.
Sgt. Walter Vessey of the Charlottetown police says the girl and boy had been jumping on cakes of ice on the edge of the Hillsborough River when one started moving out at around 3 p.m. Sunday.
Two of their friends were also on the floe, but managed to jump off and wade back to shore before rescuers arrived.
Fire officials used an inflatable rescue boat to go about 40 metres offshore to retrieve the pair, who were given life-jackets to wear as they were brought back to shore.
Compelling photos released by the Charlottetown fire department on Twitter showed two small figures alone on a floe, and then returning to shore aboard the rescue boat.
Vessey says the children were “a little worried,” but were not injured.
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