Incredible moment suburban Chicago cops save boy, 9, from drowning in icy pond he fell through while trying to retrieve his football
- Two hero police officers jumped into a pond to save a 9-year-old boy who fell through the ice on a frozen pond while retrieving a football
- The dramatic rescue was captured on an officer’s bodycam
- The boy and the two officers were all treated at a local hospital but subsequently released in stable condition
- The boy’s mother said: ‘I thought my son was not going to be able to be here to see Thanksgiving. I want to thank all the people who rescued him’
- One of the rescuing officers said that his adrenaline was so high, he didn’t notice the cold
- In addition to the rescue, on Thanksgiving the Aurora Police Department gave the boy a new football
Written by Bourbiza Mohamed
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