Firefighters rescue dog from icy water
Published: February 12, 2007
Norwalk firefighters rescued a big black family dog that fell through ice at the reservoir on Old State Road.
The dog, named Bo, was at the reservoir with his owner, Tom Bond, firefighters said.
Near shore, the ice was strong enough to hold the weight of firefighters Jamie Starcher and John Soisson and an inflatable rescue boat.
Bo was in the water at the edge of an ice flow about 125 feet from shore, unable to climb back onto the ice, firefighters said.
Soisson and Starcher walked on the ice most of the way to Bo, said Capt. Tom Frey, who held a life line.
Then Starcher and Soisson crawled into the boat and used the oars to break the ice so they could reach Bo, they said.
Soisson reached down from the front of the boat and grabbed the dog. Both men hoisted the dog into the boat.
The dog probably was in the water for 30-40 minutes, Frey said.
Exhausted, Bo lay in the boat until they arrived on shore, the firefighters said. The men picked up the dog and placed him into Bond’s truck.
The dog was fine by Monday, firefighters said.
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