A police officer showed impressive alertness Thursday when he enlisted the dog of a man who found himself in the frigid waters of a Michigan lake to rescue the victim.
Michigan State Police said one of its officers, Kammeron Bennetts, was called to the rescue of a 65-year-old man who was walking with his dog on Arbutus Lake in East Bay Township when ice broke. yielded under his feet.
The police officer’s intervention was filmed by his body camera and partially broadcast by the police.
Upon arrival, the police officer moved forward on the ice and attempted to throw a rescue disc, attached to a cable, to the man in distress, without success. That’s when Mr. Bennetts had the perfect idea to rescue the victim.
“Send me your dog!” Is she going to come to me?”, we hear him shout to the distressed man, who replies that his dog is called Ruby. “Ruby, come here,” the police officer then calls while the animal can be seen leaving its master to sprint towards the police officer.
The agent then attaches the rescue disc to Ruby, before returning her to her master who was able to retrieve it. In doing so, the police officer, assisted by a firefighter, was able to pull the man onto the ice and, eventually, rescue him.
The man spent approximately 16 minutes in the icy water before he could be rescued. He was taken to hospital but was released the same day.
