Sen. Bill Diamond, D-Cumberland County, and Reps. Mark Bryant, D-Windham, and Gary Plummer, R-Windham, will join together to present the members of the Windham Fire & Rescue Department a legislative sentiment recognizing their bravery in saving the lives of two boys. Department personnel rescued the boys from a snow bank this past winter in a parking lot of the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Windham.

Two teenaged boys had made snow caves in large snow piles in the church parking lot. When the parking lot was being cleared of a snow storm the front-end loaders scooped large amounts of snow and unknowingly piled it on the existing piles, one of which contained the two young men. They were trapped in the snow for hours under tons of snow, but through persistence and determination the fire and rescue personnel were able to find and rescue the boys.

“This story luckily had a very good ending,” said Diamond. “One might call it a miracle that they did not die. Had it not been for the rescue workers, we would certainly be having a very different ceremony.”

The area legislators will present the sentiment on Oct. 3 at 7 p.m. at the East Windham Fire Station. A legislative sentiment is a public declaration signed by the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives. It has been approved by both chambers and entered into the legislative record.