Louisville Teen Rescue Girls From Frozen McNeely Lake
18-year-old Brandon Malone and his girlfriend had gone to the dock at McNeely Lake Park in southeast Jefferson County to watch the sunset when they heard cries for help from about 100 yards away.
Two teenage girls had broken through the ice and were struggling to stay afloat. He immediately ran over while his girlfriend called 911. The lake was shallow but the water was freezing. Malone pushed up from the lake bottom to break a path forward
“The water was so cold,” Malone said. “I needed to get out of there. We needed to get out of there.”
The firefighters checked him over but said this: “They were like, ‘Good work, but that was stupid.’ And I was like, ‘You’re right. It was stupid,’” Malone said. He didn’t even get the girls’ names. “I think they were also in shock, obviously. Like, ‘What just happened?’ But it’s totally understandable,” he said.