NEW YORK — A group of teenage boys got an unexpected ice bath when the glaze on a frozen pond broke and they fell into the freezing cold water. <br /> <br />It all went down at New York’s Central Park on Monday night, when the boys thought it would be a good idea to play on a frozen pond, the New York Post reported. <br /> <br />When the ice broke, some Good Samaritans rushed to help the teenagers, while others filmed the ordeal with their cellphones. <br /> <br />Guess the kids didn’t realize that ice must reach a minimum thickness to be safe — ranging from around 10 inches thick to support a medium-sized truck to 3 inches for one person with gear. <br /> <br />But when the ice is only 2 inches thick, watch out, unless you enjoy cold baths. <br /> <br />Let’s just say, these kids really WERE playing on thin ice. <br /> <br />The boys were eventually pulled out of the pond and are doing fine, aside from a few cases of mild hypothermia. <br /> <br />Fire chiefs said the incident should serve as a warning to others not to play on the Central Park ice.
