911 call reveals child's plea for help in Noblesville water rescue

NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (WISH) - The 911 call of the dramatic water rescue of two young girls on Morse Reservoir is emotional and moving.

• Listen to parts one and two of the 911 call available in the video player

Imagine, you’re a young girl and you notice two even younger neighbors have fallen through the ice on a not too frozen Morse Reservoir. That was exactly what Aubrey Peters found just after four o’clock Wednesday afternoon.

She ran into the house and told her grandparents, then she called 911.

The 911 operator told Peters to stay as calm as possible and explain the circumstances.

“Please, I can't help. M’am...she's drowning, she's drowning," responded a frantic Peters.

Peters was in her driveway when she noticed her four and seven-year-old neighbors in the water screaming for help.

"It was terrifying. It was like watching someone die and I hated it," Peters told 24-Hour News 8.

For nearly 10 minutes, Aubrey stayed on the phone with a 911 operator.

"Please, can't you do anything? She's drowning," she told the 911 operator.

Watching as two young girls were fighting to stay afloat in the cold waters of Morse Reservoir, she begged for help.

"Please hurry. Please, Jessie, try to save her. Try, try your best. I can't help, I can't, sorry," she screamed to the two girls in the water.

But Peters' grandmother was able to help right as she was talking to the 911 operator.

"One of them looks like she's sinking. She can't hold up anymore, save her. She can't hold up anymore. My grandma's trying to get her," said Peters.

Joyce Peters jumped into the water and Aubrey feared the worst.

"My grandma fell in now. Grandma! The baby died. The baby died," she screamed to the 911 operator.

But then, there was hope.

"OK, my grandma's in and she saved one of them,” Peters told the operator. “The baby…I don't know. She's not breathing, I think."

The baby wasn't breathing, but Joyce's husband performed CPR on the four-year-old girl until medics arrived.

Investigators told 24-Hour News 8 the two girls were alert and conscious last night.

Authorities wouldn't give any updated information on the children’s conditions.