(CNN) Some teens are being hailed as quick-thinking rescuers for coming to the aid of an 8-year-old dangling from a chairlift at a Vancouver ski resort.

An 8-year-old boy on a chairlift at Grouse Mountain had slipped and was dangling, held up only by his father.

Fourteen-year-old James MacDonald, who had been skiing and snowboarding with his friends, told CNN that when he saw the boy, he didn't think the child would be able to hold on much longer.

"He was starting to flail about and get extremely panicked," MacDonald said.

MacDonald said he asked a man nearby to retrieve some orange netting typically used to indicate out-of-bounds areas. The idea was to stretch out that netting and use it to break the boy's fall.

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