This is the moment quick-thinking police officers manage to rescue an eight-year old boy after he fell into a frozen pond.
Little Tayvion found himself in waist-deep water in East Patchogue, New York, after the ice gave way and he was unable to free himself on Christmas Day.
Highway Sergeant Michael Santillo and Fifth Precinct Officers James Rizzo and Andrew Tirelli moved quickly to rescue the boy.
He was uninjured apart from being cold and wet when he returned to dry land.
Video footage shows the moment the three police officers jumped into the pond and used a life ring and rope to bring him to safety.
In a press conference a few days later, Tayvion was able to meet his heroes and shook their hands to say thank you.
On New Year’s Day, a yellow Labrador was rescued by firefighters in Rhode Island after he wandered onto a thin layer of ice covering a pond and fell through.
Volunteer firefighters from the Misquamicut Fire Department and other emergency officials were called to the scene.
Firefighters saw the dog named Phoenix struggling and unable to move to shore in the slushy, icy water.
Members from both the Misquamicut and Watch Hill fire departments donned ice rescue suits, which help protect the body from freezing temperatures, and entered the pond and successfully rescued Phoenix.
‘It was the chillest dog I’ve ever seen in my life,’ said Steve Howard, deputy chief of the Misquamicut Fire Department.
‘The dog never made a sound. He was pretty chill.’
