OSAGE, Minn. — Some young boys from Lakes Country have a fish story to tell and it just may save someone’s life.

A 14-year-old and his younger brother fell through the ice on a lake near Park Rapids.

“Right there, that little bubble type area is right where we fell through,” said Gabe Savage, who was rescued from the ice. Fourteen-year-old Gabe pointed to the area on Straight Lake in Osage, Minn., where he and his 13-year-old brother had to be rescued Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 18.

“Just itching to fish, just itching to get out on the early ice,” Savage said.

Gabe said he surveyed the ice with his brother before going out and noticed it was about an inch thick. That’s why they did not walk on the ice but used their otter sled to slide across with an ice pick.

“We just pushed ourselves ou

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