Watch: New Jersey police officer jumps into icy lake to save 11-year-old boy
Estimates put the temperature of the lake water at around 35 degrees, preventing the child from freeing himself.
New Jersey police officer jumps into icy lake to save 11-year-old boy
Police bodycam footage shows the rescue of an 11-year-old boy from a lake that had partially frozen over in northern New Jersey on Monday.
WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. – An 11-year-old boy was rescued on Monday after he fell through the ice of a frozen lake in northern New Jersey.
Police bodycam footage shows the rescue, which occurred in Franklin Lake in the town of West Long Branch.
In the video, the child appears in the distance in the middle of the icy lake. While the lake is shallow enough for the boy to stand in it, the temperature of the water was estimated to be about 35 degrees, preventing him from freeing himself.
Officer Brosonski makes his way toward the boy.
(West Long Branch Police Department / FOX Weather)
Officer Dave Brosonski, with the West Long Branch Police Department, can be seen first tying a rope around himself as he stands on the edge of the lake.
Brosonski then hops down into the lake, treading through both cold water and a layer of ice that had formed on the surface as he makes his way to the child.
He then frees the boy and brings him to shore.
Officer Brosonski pulls the boy to shore.
(West Long Branch Police Department / FOX Weather)
It appears that the boy does not have any injuries, but officials say he was sent to a local hospital as a precaution.
Officials said the boy was trying to cross the lake as a shortcut to get home before falling in.