Singstad said he and others tied a rope to her feet and tried unsuccessfully to pull her free, and the snow shovel and small saw they had brought were no match for the thick ice.

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As Nelson and Hick were toiling, firefighter and diver Shanna Hanson arrived on the north side, where, with just a rope tied around her waist, she dove repeatedly into the water, searching vehicles for possible survivors.

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Mrs Crabb said a member of staff had found the girl tied to a fence with a skipping rope.

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It heard Miss Hill had told parents their seven-year-old daughter had been tied to a fence and hit with a skipping rope by other children.

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