Eyewitness NewsFARMINGVILLE (WABC) -- Two teenagers are in critical condition on Long Island after one of them fell into a cesspool Wednesday night.
The second teenager was injured when he jumped in to help.
For an unknown reason, the teens decided to lift the concrete cover off the cesspool in Farmingville. One of them then fell in, and the other followed in a desperate attempt to save the first victim.
The cesspool is about 16 feet deep and was reportedly half full at the time. Authorities say Eduardo Vengas Fuentes and Edgar Calderon Castro removed the cover, and Vengas Fuentes lost his footing, fell and soon lost consciousness.Calderon Castro jumped in, and he too lost consciousness. A third teen, Samuel Suarez, ran into the house and called 911.
Authorities used a 12-foot pole to grab the clothing of one victim and pull him to safety. They used a roof ladder with hooks to rescue the other.
"With the ladder's hooks, we were able to hook him out, get him out," Farmingville assistant fire chief Ralph Gloria said. "We performed CPR on both of them. Both patients were transported to Stony Brook University in cardiac arrest."
Both victims are currently listed in critical condition.
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