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Teens hailed as heroes for rescuing young boy dangling from Grouse Mountain chairlift

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WATCH: A group of young skiers is being praised tonight for their efforts to help save a boy who found himself dangling from a chairlift on Grouse Mountain on Wednesday. As Grace Ke reports, the whole incident was caught on video – Feb 28, 2019

Five young skiers are being praised for saving a boy who was dangling from a chairlift on Grouse Mountain.

Video captured Wednesday afternoon shows a man on a chairlift desperately clinging to a young boy while others watched in horror below.

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That’s when a group of five young skiers jumped into action, using a piece of out-of-bounds netting to help cushion the boy’s fall.

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Gabriel Nielson said it was hard to convince the boy to kick off his skis and jump.

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“At one point, we were just like, ‘OK, you just need to trust us, you just need to drop,” he said. “And so then he dropped, and we caught him.”

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The eight-year-old boy was uninjured but was sent to Lions Gate Hospital as a precaution.

A Grouse Mountain spokesperson said the company’s president will meet privately with the rescuers to express his gratitude and that the boys will receive season passes to the mountain.

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The spokesperson said an investigation is underway in accordance with industry protocol.

—With files from the Canadian Press

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