Ice not so nice: Cold mischief from the Charles to Jamaica Pond to M Street

Both Boston and Cambridge firefighters responded to the banks of the Charles River around 4:45 p.m. on reports of people walking on the river, roughly in the area of Fairfield Street in the Back Bay.

BFD declared a "tech rescue," which involved sending specialized equipment just in case any of the five people, none of whom appeared to be Jesus, fell into the water. 

After apparently walking from Boston towards Cambridge, they turned around and walked back to Boston, where they made their way onto the shore unharmed and undoused. No word if firefighters gave them a stern talking to.

Around 5:30 p.m., firefighters responded to Jamaica Pond, where somebody somehow managed to drive or slide down an embankment onto the pond, where the ice held, so the car's occupants were able to get out and scamper onto shore without finding out if it's true that Jamaica Pond gets wicked deep just offshore. That the car also didn't sink meant firefighters did not have to declare a hazmat situation.

Later in the evening, Boston Police  dispatched an officer  to M Street near East 2nd Street in South Boston, where a pack of junior-grade ruffians in their early teens thought it would be great fun to hurl ice at passing cars. 

Before he could arrive, however, a tough older Southie resident yelled at them to knock that crap off. So chastened, they hurriedly made their way to Broadway before any coppers could arrive.