A 13-year-old girl has told of how she tried to save the four young lads who fell through the ice by using tree branches.
Oliwia Szewc was at the scene in Babbs Mill Park in Solihull on Sunday (December 11) as four boys plunged into the ice-cold lake.
Three of the boys have tragically passed away while one remains in a critical condition at hospital.
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Heroic Szewc had been out to see a friend when the disaster struck, which saw her pulling the branches off trees to try and help pull them out.
Later, when the boys were finally pulled from the water Oliwia and her friend offered their coats to the young lads.
She said she was left, “praying they would be alright.”
Speaking to ITV, she said: "I was just trying to find branches of trees and try to pass to them but they were all too short.
"I was just trying my best to think of different ways to at least help them or do anything for them to float on the surface of the water so they wouldn't drown.
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"I was thinking, what would be able to pull them back to the shore? And then I just looked at a tree and I was like, that's it. I should just get a branch I try. I got the branch, but it was too short."
As she waited for emergency services to arrive she said a man turned up and jumped in the water.
“He jumped into the frozen lake and cut up his legs but couldn't really do anything because he was putting his own life at risk. He didn't go any farther because the police held him back.
Oliwia is being supported by officers from West Midlands Police.
Dive teams from Nottinghamshire police have been continuing to work to try and establish how the boys ended up in the water.
The teen continued: “I gave my coat, my friend gave her jacket. We were just kind of praying that the boys would be all right.
“I was willing to give up anything just at least to save one of them.
"Knowing that one of them's still in hospital is kind of a relief because I was at least able to help someone."
She is also understood to have given directions to the police on a 999 call.
“Knowing that one of them's still in hospital is kind of a relief because I was at least able to help someone,” she continued.
“It was just horrifying and I was just clueless because I tried to help but I couldn't but I tried my best.
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