Good Samaritans in NC risk lives to save 6-year-old who fell into frigid lake

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Two carpenters are thankful they were working at a home along Lake Hickory when they heard the 6-year boy's yell for help. Scott Lingerfelt dove into the frigid water with his work clothes on while Jason Southerland scrambled to drive to the home where the child fell in.

"It was cold. I said 'Lord, you gotta help me with it. Give me the strength to get across there.' As I got across, I could see him and started talking with him saying 'bud, you're gonna be okay. We're gonna get to you,'" Lingerfelt said. With their help, the boy's older brother pulled him out of the water.

"God put us there at the right place at the right time," Lingerfelt said. "I was doing something I hope someone would do for my boy."

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