Video: Kid Who Saved Friend, Thanks To SpongeBob

Andrew Gentile and Reece Ronceray (left); Larry the Lobster saving a drowning fish (right)

You're warned: The following clip is pretty cute, what with 8-year-old Reese Ronceray revealing how he saved 5-year-old Andrew Gentile from drowning in a manmade lake in NJ, with an assist from SpongeBob Squarepants. Reese, who has known how to swim for two years, told MyFoxNY instinct took over, "I don't know how to explain it. I just kinda knew how to react... I swam over like they did with 'Larry the Lobster' and 'Sponge Bob.' I put him in one of my triangles, got him, we got back in the water and we swam to shore." Andrew helpfully added, "I was the drowner guy. Reece was 'Larry Lobster.'"

Reese's mother is pretty proud, too, even if he was swimming without an adult, "He broke the rule for a very good reason."

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By Jen Chung in News on June 11, 2010 2:44 PM

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BIPCS

The mother was not irresponcible i know them personally and heard the story a thousand times from the savers family because they are our friends. The mother jumped in trying to save him howver she didnt realize there was a drop she thought it was shallow so she then panicked and didnt know what to do she knew how to swim but the lake had an immediate drop

bts220

Sponge Bob saves the day again A few months ago a young girl i think around 9-10 saved her friend who was choking by performing the heimlich she learned watching sponge bob do the same to his pineapple friend

Global Wombat

Wow. A full grown adult one-upped by a child.

It's good to see that some kids are able to grow up with some balls, in spite the antiseptic nature of modern parenting.

Clarice City

Why would a woman who obviously can't swim take kids to a lake and let them get in the water? Pretty irresponsible.

That aside, those kids are the cutest things ever.