A video showing an unidentified woman jumping into a frozen lake and breaking ice floes with her bare hands to rescue a husky in East Vancouver, Canada has gone viral.
According to the Evening Standard, the footage was filmed by animal and environmental advocate Best West who had been in the area walking his own dog near the Trout Lake when the incident occurred.
“This woman, it wasn’t even her own dog. She just started trotting out onto the ice and kind of falling through onto the water,” West told news media. “People were kind of cautioning her ‘don’t do it’ but she said ‘it’s a dog. I have to.'”
And the woman ventured out waist deep into the lake until she reached the dog named Tessa who had been struggling to stay afloat. Fortunately both the dog and the woman were unharmed. Tessa was cuddled and dried off with a towel, and just moments later resumed her playtime with the other dogs. A paramedic checked out the woman; her heroism didn’t however go unnoticed.
“…It wasn’t even her dog. I’m so inspired and so happy it all worked out for the best. I saw the dog fall through the ice and screamed out. Community members all rushed to help and support her.
“We were all calling the dog’s name so it would keep swimming. She was rushed to a house in the neighborhood and put in a warm bath while the paramedics were en-route. A few of us then had to chase this woman’s dog around in circles in the park as she looked for her owner. We finally got her and brought back to her owner.”
The British Columbia Search and Rescue Association congratulated everyone on the rescue, but does caution everyone not to go out onto the ice without proper training and equipment.
(Photos and video from Ben West)
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The woman who risked her life to save a dog is my new hero – her only thought was to rescue an animal who was in danger with no thought to her own safety. Did not see any mention of anyone else stepping up to help her – just yelling at her about the danger – she was the ONLY one who was brave enough and cared enough to help a scared dog. If the owner of Tessa has any heart or gratitude towards this woman they should at least step up and publicly thank her for saving their dog – they should be eternally grateful for her actions.
Agree with you 100%.
Also agree 100%. This woman is an inspiration! The men sitting on the sidelines are making themselves redundant.
talk about self-less. What a hero.
Oh my God! What a brave woman, a true hero! Sure, probably not the wisest thing to do but I bet many of us would have done the same thing had we seen a dog in peril?
I know I would have. I just wish owner’s wouldn’t allow their dogs to roam without being leased.
*correction* leashed.