'Amazing' boy, 10, dies a hero trying to save three children who fell into frozen lake

A schoolboy died a hero as he tried to rescue three other youngsters who plunged into an icy lake, his distraught family revealed.

With no thoughts for his own safety, Jack Johnson dived into a freezing lake after hearing the screams of three struggling children.

But the 10-year-old paid the ­ultimate price for his courage as he too got into trouble and died, his family said.