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Chicago area 5th graders honored for saving man struggling in lake

Chicago area 5th graders honored for saving man struggling in lake
Chicago area 5th graders honored for saving man struggling in lake 00:25

CHICAGO (CBS) – Four fifth-grader boys from suburban Glen Ellyn were hailed as heroes after saving a man who was struggling in Lake Ellyn.

After the boys heard the man's cries for help, they got a kayak and life vests, paddled out, then brought the man safely back to shore.

On Monday, they were all honored at a school board meeting for glen Ellyn School District 41.

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