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True, so they got their risk assessment right (although it's always fine margins - if the fourth little boy had died as well they would have risked their lives for no purpose). Before anybody quibbles, I salute their bravery in attempting a rescue, and hope against hope that the one little lad...

So is risk assessment and Health and Safety. If they risk their lives, 1). it's over and above the call of duty, and 2). they'll probably get a bollocking from their superior for not making a risk assessment and ignoring Health and Safety!

A tad OTT there! Was there sanctimony? No! Eulogy? No! High Horses? No! Usual suspects? No, not really. Usually suspected of what, in this case? 21st. century blame culture ("where were the parents?") stuck its oar in, and recieved an appropriate riposte. That's all. Oh - and "second-rate...

Does it matter? They could have been nearby, calling to them to come away from that ice. Besides, do we really need to have someone to blame? Sympathy more appropriate.