Teen jumps into icy lake to rescue 83-year-old man and dog trapped in Jeep

A 17-year-old highschool athlete helped pull an 83-year-old man and his canine to security after the person’s Jeep fell via the ice in a scene caught on video.

Joe Salmon, a wrestler, soccer participant and monitor athlete, jumped into the frigid water in Iowa’s East Okoboji Lake to avoid wasting Thomas Lee and his canine Cooper on Feb. 4, based on the Des Moines Register.

4 different males, Corey McConnell, Kody Harrelson, Cody Chester, and Chris Parks, additionally assisted in pulling Lee and his canine to security, the Dickinson County Sheriff’s workplace wrote on Fb.

The scene was captured by way of drone footage by photographer Tom Gustafson, who shared it on Fb. It exhibits Salmon leaning via the again window to free the canine and toss it towards the 4 different males, who rescue the pooch after it briefly entered the water.

Salmon then climbs into the automobile and makes his technique to the entrance of the Jeep and pulls Lee out via the realm of the again window, which he broke to assist rescue them.

The Okoboji Excessive Faculty scholar was ice fishing and watching a close-by snowmobile race on the lake when he noticed Lee’s Jeep plunge into the ice round 3 p.m., based on the Des Moines Register. Lee was touring to his son-in-law’s fishing shack when the Jeep broke via the ice within the lake below the Freeway 71 bridge in Dickinson County.

Salmon known as 911 as he rushed to assist Lee. He additionally shortly realized there was a canine within the again seat.

“I took one step and (the water) went to about my chest,” he advised the Des Moines Register. “I obtained on the bumper of the rear and tried opening the again door, however all of the home windows have been locked, however one man gave me a knife and I hit the again glass a few instances.”

He eliminated the canine after which helped Lee, who was caught, get out of the automobile because the water stage continued to rise. Lee was taken to close by Lakes Regional Healthcare and didn’t endure any accidents, police stated.

Lee’s canine was additionally in a position to dry out together with the rescuers on the close by Okoboji Retailer, police stated.

“I’m completely happy that he was OK and the canine was OK. It was simply loopy on the time,” Salmon advised the Des Moines Register.