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Oh, Deer! Firefighters Make Quite A Rescue On Frozen Westchester Lake Oh, Deer! Firefighters Make Quite A Rescue On Frozen Westchester Lake
Oh, Deer! Firefighters Make Quite A Rescue On Frozen Westchester Lake It was quite the afternoon for Sleepy Hollow Fire Chief John Korzelius when he crawled out onto a lake to rescue a deer stranded on a frozen lake in Pocantico Hills. The department received the call about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday about a wobbly deer who was slipping and sliding on the ice trying to get to back to land. Sleepy Hollow firefighters, along with Pocantico Hills firefighters were able to rescue the deer by tying ropes around Korzelius, a video of the rescue shows. The chief then made the long crawl out to the frightened deer, maneuvered to grab the deer without getting kicked in the hea…

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by Kathy Reakes