A companion of a boy who drowned Tuesday night said he attempted to pull his friend out of icy Martha Lake only to be pulled in himself.
Keith Dunn, 15, a sophomore at Lynnwood High School, was walking with Seth James when the ice broke and James fell in. James, 15, a sophomore at Mountlake Terrace High School, died after being underwater for two hours.
The pair were about 50 yards from shore when the ice broke, Dunn said.
I tried pulling my buddy, Seth, out of the water, he said. When I tried pulling him out I fell in.
He pulled himself out and started yelling for help. He estimates he spent about five minutes underwater trying to save his friend.
I just couldnt find him, he said.
Dunn was taken to an Everett hospital and released today. His body was swollen and cut from his encounter with the cold and ice.
Dunn said neither boy thought about the dangers of walking out on the ice.
We just saw the ice and decided, ‘Lets go walk on it , he said.
Dunn said he had known James since the seventh grade at Alderwood Middle School.
He was like a brother to me, he said.
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