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Ice safety

Seaside Heights-Seaside Park, NJ
Police & Fire
Stranded Barnegat Bay Fox Spurs Dangerous Rescue Attempts, Officials Urge Public To Stay Back Stranded Barnegat Bay Fox Spurs Dangerous Rescue Attempts, Officials Urge Public To Stay Back
Stranded Barnegat Bay Fox Spurs Dangerous Rescue Attempts, Officials Urge Public To Stay Back Barnegat Bay has become the unlikely scene of a high-stakes drama involving a stranded fox and dangerous rescue attempts, officials warn. At around 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 18, crews from the Seaside Park Station 45 Volunteer Fire Company responded to reports of a fox stranded on a floating jet ski dock in the bay near the channel.  What seemed like a straightforward operation quickly turned perilous due to hazardous ice conditions, officials said. "The ice from the bay front broke free and is shifting towards the mainland," rescue officials said. "Additionally, there are str…

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by Zak Failla
Manchester, CT
News
Manchester Mom Dove Into Frozen Pond After Kids Fall Through Ice (UPDATE) Manchester Mom Dove Into Frozen Pond After Kids Fall Through Ice (UPDATE)
Manchester Mom Dove Into Frozen Pond After Kids Fall Through Ice (Update) New details have emerged in an incident on a frozen Connecticut pond that sent three family members and three first responders to the hospital on New Year's Eve. The 911 call came in around 2 p.m. after two children, ages 6 and 8, plunged into freezing water on a small pond about 200 yards from Hackmatack Street in Manchester, fire officials reported. The kids had been playing on the ice when it gave way, sending them into water six feet deep. Hearing their screams, the mother raced to the scene and jumped into the frigid water to save them. One child had gone under, while the other was sho…

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by Josh Lanier
Manchester, CT
Police & Fire
6 Hospitalized Including Responders In Dramatic Icy Pond Rescue In Manchester: Officials 6 Hospitalized Including Responders In Dramatic Icy Pond Rescue In Manchester: Officials
6 Hospitalized Including Responders In Dramatic Icy Pond Rescue In Manchester: Officials Manchester firefighters pulled off a dramatic cold-water rescue Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 31, after an adult and two young children fell through the ice on a pond. The incident occurred at 2:11 p.m. behind 218 Hackmatack Street, according to the Manchester Fire Department. The shift commander arrived at 2:15 p.m. Crews found three victims—one adult and two children—trapped in icy water approximately 35 feet from the shore in a pond roughly six feet deep, the fire department said. Manchester Fire responded with a five-company cold-water rescue team and managed to pull all three victims t…

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by Cecilia Levine
Mastic-Shirley, NY
Police & Fire
'True Hero' Honored For Saving Jet Skier Who Fell Through Frozen Canal In Mastic Beach (VIDEO) 'True Hero' Honored For Saving Jet Skier Who Fell Through Frozen Canal In Mastic Beach (VIDEO)
'True Hero' Honored For Saving Jet Skier Who Fell Through Frozen Canal In Mastic Beach (Video) Local leaders formally honored a New York woman being hailed as a hero for rescuing a jet skier from a frozen canal. The dramatic rescue unfolded on Long Island's Poospatuck Creek in Mastic Beach, after a man found himself stuck and sinking in the icy water on Thursday, Dec. 26. Kayla Masotto spotted the struggling jet skier from her living room window and quickly sprang into action, walking onto the thin ice with her paddleboard to reach him, as Daily Voice reported. The canal had partially frozen over after overnight temperatures dipped into the low 20s. By the time she got to him, his …

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by Michael Mashburn
Vernon-Rockville, CT
Police & Fire
Christmas Save: Woman Airlifted After Falling Through Ice On Bolton Lake In Vernon Christmas Save: Woman Airlifted After Falling Through Ice On Bolton Lake In Vernon
Christmas Save: Woman Airlifted After Falling Through Ice On Bolton Lake In Vernon Vernon emergency crews saved a woman’s life on Christmas morning after she fell through the ice on a lake in Connecticut, police said. At approximately 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024, the Vernon Police Department received a call reporting a person in the water near 55 Llynwood Drive. Responding officers, firefighters, and emergency medical technicians found a woman in her 50s who had fallen through the ice on Bolton Lake. Life-saving measures were immediately performed on the scene. The woman was transported by Lifestar helicopter to Hartford Hospital for treatment, police said. Her…

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by Cecilia Levine
Albany, NY
Police & Fire
Update: Girl, 11, Dies After Tragic Albany Ice-Related Drowning Incident Update: Girl, 11, Dies After Tragic Albany Ice-Related Drowning Incident
Update: Girl, 11, Dies After Tragic Albany Ice-Related Drowning Incident The 11-year-old girl rescued after falling through the ice on a Capital Region lake that killed a 12-year-old boy has died. The incident occurred in Albany around 4:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 7, at Washington Park Lake near the park's lake house. According to Albany Police, police and firefighters located and rescued the girl. As Daily Voice previously reported, she was treated on scene and transported to Albany Medical Center Hospital for further treatment.  A secondary search was conducted by members of the New York State Police underwater recovery team, and at around 7:25 p.m., the bo…

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by Kathy Reakes
Albany, NY
Police & Fire
Tragic Accident Leaves Boy, 12, Dead, Girl, 11, Critical In Albany Tragic Accident Leaves Boy, 12, Dead, Girl, 11, Critical In Albany
Tragic Accident Leaves Boy, 12, Dead, Girl, 11, Critical In Albany A 12-year-old boy was killed, and an 11-year-old girl is in critical condition after falling through the ice on a Capital Region lake. The incident occurred in Albany around 4:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 7, at Washington Park Lake near the park's lake house. According to Albany Police, police and firefighters located and rescued the girl. She was treated on scene and transported to Albany Medical Center Hospital for further treatment.  A secondary search was conducted by members of the New York State Police underwater recovery team, and at around 7:25 p.m., the body of the boy was recover…

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by Kathy Reakes
Beekman-Poughquag, NY
News
Teen Pronounced Dead After Being Pulled From Icy Waters In Hudson Valley Teen Pronounced Dead After Being Pulled From Icy Waters In Hudson Valley
Teen Pronounced Dead After Being Pulled From Icy Waters In Hudson Valley Click here for a new, updated story: ID Released For Boy Who Died After Falling Through Ice In Hudson Valley Police are investigating an apparent drowning after a young male was pulled from icy waters in the Hudson Valley near the Connecticut border. At about 2:50 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10,  Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the Taconic State Park on Shagroy Road in the Town of North East for a report of someone who had fallen through the ice. Upon arrival it was learned that two teenagers had walked 20 to 30 feet out onto the ice when it broke, sen…

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by Joe Lombardi
Cambridge, MA
Police & Fire
DON'T WALK ON ICE: Dog Dies After Falling Through Semi-Frozen Everett River DON'T WALK ON ICE: Dog Dies After Falling Through Semi-Frozen Everett River
DON'T Walk ON ICE: Dog Dies After Falling Through Semi-Frozen Everett River Fire officials in Everett are heeding a warning to area residents after a dog died from falling through the ice at semi-frozen river this week. Firefighters responded for a dog in the Malden River in Everett around 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 28, according to the Everett Fire Department. Upon arrival, crews waded through the frigid water and ice, which was too thin to walk on but thick enough that firefighters had to break their way through it to get to the dog.  Additional crew members tried resuscitating the dog onshore, but were unsuccessful. The department is using this tragic tale to re…

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by David Cifarelli
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Police & Fire
Missing Wyckoff Dog Who Fell Through Ice Dies Missing Wyckoff Dog Who Fell Through Ice Dies
Missing Wyckoff Dog Who Fell Through Ice Dies Howard Williams felt helpless after spotting a dog who fell through thin ice that covered part of a Wyckoff pond struggling to get out. “He must’ve been out for awhile, cause the [ice] was all busted up,” Williams said. “We were the only people there. “I was not familiar with the pond or I would have jumped in after him,” said Wiliams, who summoned police to Zabriskie Pond off Franklin Avenue around 10:45 a.m. Thursday. They couldn’t get to the struggling dog, either, and alerted firefighters who eventually fished him out of the icy water and turned him over to TYCO Animal Control. The po…

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by Jerry DeMarco
New Canaan, CT
Police & Fire
First Responders Rescue New Canaan Man Who Fell In Icy Pond To Save Dog First Responders Rescue New Canaan Man Who Fell In Icy Pond To Save Dog
First Responders Rescue New Canaan Man Who Fell In Icy Pond To Save Dog Fast thinking first responders in New Caanan helped rescue a man on Thursday afternoon after he slipped through ice on a pond attempting to rescue his dog, which had fallen in too. The New Canaan Police Department received an emergency call shortly before 1:45 p.m. on Thursday from a resident on Dan’s Highway, who advised that the man had fallen through the icy pond, which was located on his property. Upon arrival, first responders from the police department, New Canaan Fire Department and New Canaan Volunteer Ambulance Corps reported that the man was waist-deep, though he was quickly pulle…

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by Zak Failla