Dog Helps Save Woman from Icy Lake
By Amy Sinatra Ayres | vetstreet.com
There were two rescues from an icy lake in Lincoln, Neb., on Wednesday morning. A woman who pulled her dog from the water fell in herself.
Luckily, Steve Dye and Ray Frana, who work for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, were checking a dam at the lake and saw the dog standing on the ice next to a hole. When they get closer, they saw the woman in the hole, struggling in the frigid water about 40 feet off shore.
While Dye called 911, Frana grabbed a rope from their truck and crawled out onto the ice with it. When the dog came to him, he tucked the rope into his collar, and Sparky brought it out to his owner. She grabbed the rope, and Frana pulled her out and got her safely to shore.
Both the woman and her dog warmed up in the truck until help arrived. The woman was taken to a hospital as a precaution. "He's the actual hero," Frana said of Sparky. - Read it from AP via Iowa's Sioux City Journal and watch it at Nebraska's KETV, and read our story on how to stay safe around ice
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