Police in a Chicago suburb saved a boy who was drowning in an icy pond on Wednesday.
The 9-year-old boy fell into an ice retention pond Wednesday around 4:30 p.m. while trying to get a football, according to the Aurora Police Department. When the agents arrived at the scene, they saw that an adult woman also jumped into the pond to save the child from drowning.
Officers entered the pond and saved the woman and child and brought them back to land, authorities said in a Facebook post.
The 9-year-old boy was sent to a local hospital with minor injuries after the incident, apart from two police officers who rescued the boy from the pond.
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Police in a Chicago suburb saved a boy who was drowning in an icy pond on Wednesday.
(Aurora Police Department)
All people have been released from area hospitals.
In body camera video released by the police department, officers can be seen using water rescue gear to haul the child and adult back to land, while two officers waded into the water.
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The 9-year-old boy fell into an ice retention pond Wednesday around 4:30 p.m. while trying to get a football, according to the Aurora Police Department. When the agents arrived at the scene, they saw that an adult woman also jumped into the pond to save the child from drowning.
(Aurora Police Department)
In an interview published by the police department, the mother of the drowning boy said she thought her “son wasn’t going to be here” when she saw him drown.
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In the photo, the mother and child.
(Aurora Police Department)
“I want to thank all the people who rescued him,” the mother said.
