but couldn t be revived. a fourth boy remains in hospital in critical condition. 0ur correspondent aruna iyengar has the latest. the silence said everything. a tragedy beyond words. in the frozen evening, hundreds came. they laid flowers, lit candles and said a prayer for the young lives lost. emergency crews were called on sunday afternoon after reports that children had been playing on the ice on babbs mill lake and had fallen through. there was a massive response from the emergency services. 0ne policeman tried to punch through the ice to get the youngsters. the first emergency call came at 2:34pm. an ambulance arrived within seven minutes, shortly after police and firefighters. by the time darkness fell that afternoon, the boys had been pulled out. they had all suffered cardiac arrest, due to the freezing temperature of the water.