Overview
- Howard, 6, Kaleb, 8, and EJ Doss, 9, broke through a thinly iced private pond about 30 meters from their Bonham home during a deep freeze.
- The youngest fell in while attempting to skate, his brothers rushed to help, and their mother also went into the water during a rescue attempt.
- The Bonham sheriff said neighbors helped pull the two older boys from the pond and they were later pronounced dead at a hospital.
- Authorities located the 6-year-old after an extensive search beneath the fragile ice, according to accounts relayed by family and local officials.
- The drownings occurred during a widespread winter storm that left hazardous ice across the region, with temperatures below minus 10 Celsius and dozens of weather warnings reported nationally.