Young brothers die after trying desperately to help each other in icy pond during winter storm: report

Three young brothers died during a winter storm in Texas after falling into an icy pond when one of the children got into trouble and the others tried to help, according to authorities and family accounts.

The victims, all elementary school students, got into difficulty in a frozen pond in Bonham, a city about 60 miles northeast of Dallas, triggering a desperate effort by their mother and a neighbor to save them, FOX 4 reported. 

Relatives told FOX 4 that the victims were brothers ages 6, 8 and 9.

The tragedy unfolded when the youngest child, Howard, went underwater first and his older brothers went in after him to help, the boys’ mother, Cheyenne Hangaman, told FOX 4.

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