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2017/12/27 17:26:27
Subject: Another cop thread
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Last Remaining Whole C'Tan
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The short:
Sergeant punches through ice to rescue boy who fell in pond
By Annie Knox, KSL | Posted Dec 25th, 2017 @ 8:52pm
NEW HARMONY, Washington County — An officer pried an 8-year-old from the middle of an ice-covered pond on Christmas, authorities said.
The child, whose name has not been released, fell through the ice and into the water while chasing after his dog about 5 p.m. Monday, said Washington County Sheriff's Lt. David Crouse.
Another child saw him plunge into the pond about 25 feet from the shore and ran back to tell the boy's parents, Crouse said.
Sheriff's Sgt. Aaron Thompson was the first to respond and punched a path through the ice until he was close enough to dive in and retrieve the boy from under the surface, Crouse said.
Thompson had no special equipment and removed his own gear to rescue the boy, he said.
An emergency crew made sure the child was "as stable as possible" before a medical helicopter brought him from the small Washington County town to Dixie Regional Medical Center.
The boy was alive when he was on the way to the hospital, Crouse said, and was still being treated late Monday. No further details on his condition were available.
The responding officer also was treated for hypothermia and cuts from breaking through the ice, Crouse said.
And the long:
Utah deputy: 'I just made the decision I was going to go get him'
By Pat Reavy, KSL | Posted Dec 26th, 2017 @ 7:31pm
HURRICANE, Washington County — When Washington County Sheriff's Sgt. Aaron Thompson arrived at a pond where an 8-year-old boy had fallen through the ice, he knew what he needed to do without hesitation.
"I just made the decision I was going to go get him,” Thompson said. "I knew what I was getting into. I knew how cold that ice would be. I’ve dove under the water before. I knew about how much time I had in there … I knew exactly what I was getting into when I got into that water."
During a news conference at the sheriff's office Tuesday, Thompson recounted his heroic story of diving into the icy water, finding the boy by using his hands and arms to pound through the ice, and pulling him out to shore. As of Tuesday afternoon, the boy, whose name has not been released, remained at Primary Children's Hospital under sedation, according to police.
The incident happened about 5 p.m. on Christmas Day when the boy chased his dog onto a frozen pond near New Harmony. About 25 feet from shore, the boy fell through the ice, according to police.
Thompson, who is a former lieutenant for the sheriff department's dive team, was one of the first to arrive on scene. Initially, it was reported that two children had fallen into the water, he said.
A woman who was on the shore said she last saw the boy's hand sticking out of the water about four minutes earlier, Thompson said. Based on that, he said, he had to act quickly.
Knowing that paramedics were standing by to rescue him if he also got into trouble, Thompson walked out onto the pond for a few feet before stomping on the ice and going in. The hole in frozen pond where the boy had fallen in was fairly large when emergency crews arrived, giving Thompson a wide area to search.
Once he was in the water, Thompson started using his fists to break through the ice to get to where the boy was believed to be.
"As the ice got thicker, I couldn’t break it with my arms and my fists anymore. So I had to jump up on top of the ice to put my weight on it and pound on it to get it to break,” he said.
The water got deep enough that Thompson couldn't touch the bottom. But there were reeds that he could feel with his toes. Thompson said he floated with water up to his neck as he stretched his toes to follow the reeds, knowing he would eventually bump into the boy.
At that point he said the adrenaline had taken over.
"Really, I couldn’t feel anything. I didn’t notice anything when I was doing it. I knew time was of the essence. I had a very short window to get that child out of the water,” he said.
But after a few minutes of searching and not finding him, Thompson conceded, "I was getting desperate."
Thompson choked up as he admitted Tuesday that he even began calling out to the boy.
Finally, he felt the boy, who was beyond the area of the pond that was broken out, he said. Thompson dove down in the water and pulled the boy's head above the surface and started heading back to shore.
"Relief" was going through his mind at that point, he said. "Just make it back to shore, just make it back."
Once on shore, the boy was immediately loaded into an ambulance and a Life Flight helicopter was standing by. Thompson said he then went to sit in his patrol car to asses his own injuries.
"I knew I was not in good shape," he said.
Thompson was taken to a local hospital where he was treated for cuts and hypothermia. On Tuesday, he showed the stitches and cuts on his forearms from breaking through the ice.
He was released from the hospital Monday night, but once he got home, he said, it was a "sleepless night." Thompson suffered nerve damage and couldn't feel two of his fingers Monday night.
Officials estimated that the boy was in the water for about 30 minutes and Thompson for several minutes. He said the cold water worked in the boy's favor.
"The temperature of the water was huge in this case to help that boy recover. The colder it is, the longer we have (to find him)," he said.
Word of the dramatic rescue has spread to news stations across the nation. But Thompson doesn't believe all the attention should be on him, and he doesn't believe he should be be called a "hero."
"It’s not me, it’s us. I think that’s the real story here. I was just the one that went in the water,” he said humbly, while pointing to the work done by police dispatchers, paramedics and doctors at the hospital. "If there was a hero that night it’s us, it’s not me. I’m just the one that went in the water."
The sheriff's office also said that the dog the boy chased onto the ice also survived.
Hero seems like almost too small of a word for what he did - as a member of the dive team he knew what going in the water with no suit at that temperature would be like and how poor his own chances were.
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2017/12/27 17:30:48
Subject: Another cop thread
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Humming Great Unclean One of Nurgle
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What a badass. Get that officer a bonus!
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2017/12/27 17:39:47
Subject: Another cop thread
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Willing Inquisitorial Excruciator
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Dude didn't even hesitate, knowing that he could die going after what could have easily been a dead child. That is a hero, regardless of if he downplays it. With the news being a bleak as it is, it's good to see stories like this, reminding us that people are capable of selflessness.
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2017/12/27 18:02:35
Subject: Another cop thread
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Fate-Controlling Farseer
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Someone buy this man beer. All of the beers.
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2017/12/27 18:23:35
Subject: Another cop thread
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The Last Chancer Who Survived
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Awesome story, was on the news this morning.
How long was it from when the kid went under till he was pulled out? I see other stories like this sometimes.. how do people not drown being down that long? I guess your body slows down from the cold and all, but even a couple of minutes is still a long time for the average person to to not breathe. I think if I had to I could hold my breath for like 15 seconds tops.
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2017/12/27 18:45:03
Subject: Another cop thread
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Mekboy Hammerin' Somethin'
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Necros wrote:Awesome story, was on the news this morning.
How long was it from when the kid went under till he was pulled out? I see other stories like this sometimes.. how do people not drown being down that long? I guess your body slows down from the cold and all, but even a couple of minutes is still a long time for the average person to to not breathe. I think if I had to I could hold my breath for like 15 seconds tops.
The boy was surely not conscious anymore after suddenly dropping into ice water, no way he held his breath for any meaningful period of time, I'd say. And from the description it sounds like minutes went by, too much even for a Navy SEAL without any preparation and in that temperature.
However, it's amazing how shock-cooling the body can help in preserving vital functions over a prolonged period of time. The most extreme example was that of a Scandinavian skier who dropped through snow into a fast-flowing icy river, basically immediately cooled to ridiculously low temps. She received CPR from friends for far over an hour and was later successfully returned to consciousness and is skiing again, after slowly healing from the vast neuromuscular damage, amongst other things.
So chances are the boy might be very well alive and hopefully with all brain functions alright, though the periphery might have suffered to a degree. All the best wishes to him, and all the props to the cop.
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2017/12/27 19:11:49
Subject: Another cop thread
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Pragmatic Primus Commanding Cult Forces
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A real-life superhero.
I really hope the boy will be okay.
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2017/12/28 13:49:48
Subject: Another cop thread
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5th God of Chaos! (Yea'rly!)
The Great State of Texas
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Badass cop goes Everyman Superhero. Awesome story.
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2017/12/28 14:21:10
Subject: Another cop thread
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Ridin' on a Snotling Pump Wagon
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Certainly on the right side of the Brave/Stupid decision-o-meter.
Just glad it worked out well for all involved. Could easily have been a double tragedy.
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2017/12/28 14:26:01
Subject: Another cop thread
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Secret Force Behind the Rise of the Tau
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Probably the most many thing I've read on here in awhile
And people say violence never solves anything. Suck it ice
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2017/12/28 21:35:46
Subject: Another cop thread
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Witzkatz wrote: Necros wrote:Awesome story, was on the news this morning.
How long was it from when the kid went under till he was pulled out? I see other stories like this sometimes.. how do people not drown being down that long? I guess your body slows down from the cold and all, but even a couple of minutes is still a long time for the average person to to not breathe. I think if I had to I could hold my breath for like 15 seconds tops.
The boy was surely not conscious anymore after suddenly dropping into ice water, no way he held his breath for any meaningful period of time, I'd say. And from the description it sounds like minutes went by, too much even for a Navy SEAL without any preparation and in that temperature.
However, it's amazing how shock-cooling the body can help in preserving vital functions over a prolonged period of time. The most extreme example was that of a Scandinavian skier who dropped through snow into a fast-flowing icy river, basically immediately cooled to ridiculously low temps. She received CPR from friends for far over an hour and was later successfully returned to consciousness and is skiing again, after slowly healing from the vast neuromuscular damage, amongst other things.
So chances are the boy might be very well alive and hopefully with all brain functions alright, though the periphery might have suffered to a degree. All the best wishes to him, and all the props to the cop.
A very common saying in the medical field is “they’re not dead, until they are warm and dead” in situations like this. CPR will continue until they have a core temperature that can support normal function and only then will we stop.
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2017/12/28 21:54:06
Subject: Another cop thread
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Imperial Guard Landspeeder Pilot
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Sounds like an xmas bonus is in order for the officer here, good work as a first responder, glad it had a happy ending.
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2017/12/29 00:26:51
Subject: Another cop thread
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Powerful Phoenix Lord
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Well done, sergeant.
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2017/12/29 10:35:11
Subject: Another cop thread
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Frenzied Berserker Terminator
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Necros wrote:Awesome story, was on the news this morning.
How long was it from when the kid went under till he was pulled out? I see other stories like this sometimes.. how do people not drown being down that long? I guess your body slows down from the cold and all, but even a couple of minutes is still a long time for the average person to to not breathe. I think if I had to I could hold my breath for like 15 seconds tops.
It's in the article above...
Officials estimated that the boy was in the water for about 30 minutes and Thompson for several minutes. He said the cold water worked in the boy's favor.
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2017/12/29 14:11:16
Subject: Another cop thread
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Confessor Of Sins
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Great job indeed, especially for someone who knew the risks of trying and still went in. Paramedics and hospital too ofc - the rescue would have been for nought if they weren't ready.
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2017/12/29 17:39:00
Subject: Re:Another cop thread
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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I saw this story while browsing the internet. An awesome story. I'm glad the kid made it.
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