Article contentFirst responders in Smiths Falls rescued a youth who fell through the ice on the Rideau River on Friday afternoon.Shortly before 2 p.m., a 911 caller reported the youth in danger in the water across from the Econo Lodge hotel on Centre Street.Two members of the Smiths Falls fire department crawled over the ice to reach the youth, with one firefighter going into the water to hook up the youth to a rescue line, while the second crawled out to assist in pulling the youth to shore.Article content“This could…
