Overview
- New York State Police circulated Trooper Michael Szarek’s body-camera footage from a Jan. 10 rescue in Little Falls, New York.
- A passerby called 911 around 8:50 a.m. after a woman and her Labrador–Bernese mountain dog mix fell through ice at Riverside Industrial Park.
- Little Falls firefighters and police first removed the woman from the canal as the dog struggled to stay afloat.
- After a thrown rescue rope failed, Trooper Szarek and Little Falls Police Officer Austin entered the frigid water and freed the dog.
- Officials said both the woman and the dog were not seriously injured, and the video also captures the owner’s pleas and the trooper nearly breaking through the ice.