The pond nearest my house freezes every year and stays
frozen much of the winter. But it’s never quite as solid as it looks. Nearly
every year we watch another poor fool find this out the hard way. Luckily for
them our pond is only a few feet deep. Christmas Day an eight-year-old boy
named Jason near New Harmony wasn’t so lucky. He chased his dog onto an icy
pond, fell through and disappeared into much deeper water than ours. Sgt. Aaron
Thompson went in after him. “I just made the decision I was going to go get
him,” Thompson said. “I knew what I was getting into.” He broke through the ice
with his hands and arms, jumped into the water and pulled the boy from the
bottom of the pond. Jason was taken by Life Fight helicopter to Primary Children's Hospital,
where he recovered. He’s back home now, thanks to Sgt. Thompson’s quick
thinking and selfless courage.
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