Twelve-year-old Joshua Ravensbergen said he and his buddies are home schooled and went to Grouse Mountain for a day of skiing when they looked up and noticed a boy in trouble. Article content Five quick-thinking boys are being hailed as heroes for rescuing a screaming eight-year-old child dangling from a chairlift at Grouse Mountain ski resort in North Vancouver. Video obtained by Global News shows a group of boys in action as they grab a piece of orange netting used as fencing and rush beneath the ski lift while a man above clings to the boy as he hangs from the chair. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. tap here to see other videos from our team. Try refreshing your browser, or Kids join forces to rescue eight-year-old boy dangling from Grouse Mountain chairlift Back to video Twelve-year-old Joshua Ravensbergen said he and his buddies are home schooled and went to Grouse Mountain for a day of skiing when they looked up and noticed a boy in trouble. “People were there but they were just standing looking at the kid, not knowing what to do,” he said, adding he feared the child would be injured if they didn’t do something to help. Ravensbergen said one of the boys in the group pointed to a fence and they all rushed to grab it and hold it under the chairlift. He said the boy appeared to have fallen from the chair moments earlier and was left hanging, but it wasn’t stopped and kept going higher and higher so it was too late for him to jump to safety.<doc-sep>Send this page to someone via email A group of teens and Good Samaritans who rescued an eight-year-old boy from a chairlift on Grouse Mountain were honoured for their actions on Friday. The group of five boys and, as it turns out, two adults, snapped into action on Wednesday afternoon when the young boy somehow ended up dangling from one of the lifts. Cell phone video captured the group of rescuers grabbing some nearby out-of-bounds fencing, then talking the boy through removing his skis and jumping down into the waiting makeshift net. READ MORE: Teens hailed as heroes for rescuing young boy dangling from Grouse Mountain chairlift Thursday afternoon, the president of Grouse Mountain met privately with the seven, where they were rewarded with honourary “Grouse Hero” passes, a complimentary season’s pass for next year, sweaters and toques. Story continues below advertisement While the story so far has focused on the heroic actions of the five youth who helped catch the boy, Global News has learned of two other Good Samaritans who rushed to help as well: Peter Pian and Danielle McKinney. WATCH: Teens called heroes after Grouse Mountain rescue 2:21 Teens called heroes after Grouse Mountain rescue Teens called heroes after Grouse Mountain rescue – Feb 28, 2019 “I just wanted to acknowledge Peter because the big story is about the boys, but this man is actually who grabbed the fence and brought it over to me and held it, so just want to give him the credit he deserves,” said McKinney. “It’s amazing,” said Pian. “We worked together, with Danielle and the five boys… teamwork.” The five boys said the time since the rescue has been something of a whirlwind, packed with multiple interviews — some of them with news outlets around the world. Story continues below advertisement WATCH: Extended: Teens help rescue boy dangling from Grouse Mountain chairlift 4:16 Extended: Teens help rescue boy dangling from Grouse Mountain chairlift Extended: Teens help rescue boy dangling from Grouse Mountain chairlift – Mar 1, 2019 The boys hesitated to call themselves heroes, despite all the attention. “Uh… kind of?” they told Global News. “In these sweaters, yeah,” they added, laughing. READ MORE: Skiers and snowboarders spent hours trapped on a chairlift at resort near Agassiz Pian and McKinney, who had never met before Wednesday, have also struck up a friendship — and now say they plan to go skiing together. There has been no new update on the status of the boy who was rescued. On Wednesday, he was taken uninjured to Lions Gate Hospital as a precaution. Story continues below advertisement Grouse Mountain said an investigation into how the boy fell from the chairlift will be conducted, in accordance with industry standards. With files from Jordan Armstrong and Jon Azpiri<doc-sep>Send this page to someone via email In the wake of a dramatic chairlift rescue at Grouse Mountain, an image of another nerve-wracking close call on a B.C. ski lift has emerged. Steve Perry witnessed the incident while he was with a local school ski group at Sasquatch Mountain Resort near Agassiz on Jan. 26. “Somebody lost their ski poles right at the loading ramp, and I actually tried to grab them, figured somebody would need them up top … and I looked up, and there was a kid dangling from the chairlift in front of me,” said Perry. “I yelled at the attendant to stop the lift, and they stopped it.” READ MORE: Teens hailed as heroes for rescuing young boy dangling from Grouse Mountain chairlift Perry said the boy was about 100 feet from the loading ramp at the time, and the child was dangling 20 to 25 feet above the ground, held onto by their parent. Story continues below advertisement “It was actually pretty impressive. I’d say within three to four minutes, there was probably four to five ski patrol there,” he said. WATCH: Grouse Mountain chairlift rescue caught on camera 2:13 Grouse Mountain chairlift rescue caught on camera Grouse Mountain chairlift rescue caught on camera – Feb 28, 2019 He said the boy kicked off his skis and dropped to the staff below, who partially caught him. “He did walk away,” Perry said. Perry theorized that the child became dislodged from his seat when his poles got caught at the loading gate but said didn’t see exactly what went wrong. Sasquatch Mountain Resort director of operations Randy Murphy said the mountain has conducted an internal investigation but also isn’t sure how the child ended up dangling from the lift. Story continues below advertisement WATCH: Grouse Mountain rescue heroes rewarded 1:35 Grouse Mountain rescue heroes rewarded Grouse Mountain rescue heroes rewarded – Mar 1, 2019 He described the incident as “incredibly rare” and said staff are trained on what to do if someone falls from a lift. He said that, depending on the location, ski patrol would either use with a ladder or a firefighter’s net to assist someone in danger of falling from a chairlift. In this case, he said crews were assembling the net when the youngster dropped down to staff. Murphy said the child was unhurt in the incident. “The child is perfectly fine, no injuries whatsoever,” he said. Story continues below advertisement “He was skiing that afternoon.”<doc-sep>
Send this page to someone via email 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. Extended: Teens help rescue boy dangling from Grouse Mountain chairlift 4:16 Extended: Teens help rescue boy dangling from Grouse Mountain chairlift Extended: Teens help rescue boy dangling from Grouse Mountain chairlift – Mar 1, 2019 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. Story continues below advertisement Gabriel Nielson said it was hard to convince the boy to kick off his skis and jump. “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.” WATCH: Teens called heroes after Grouse Mountain rescue 2:21 Teens called heroes after Grouse Mountain rescue Teens called heroes after Grouse Mountain rescue – Feb 28, 2019 The eight-year-old boy was uninjured but was sent to Lions Gate Hospital as a precaution. READ MORE: Skiers and snowboarders spent hours trapped on a chairlift at resort near Agassiz 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. Story continues below advertisement The spokesperson said an investigation is underway in accordance with industry protocol. —With files from the Canadian Press