TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A man who fell through the ice on a frozen Michigan lake was rescued after a quick-thinking state police officer used the stranded man's dog to get rescue equipment to him and pull the man to safety.
Bystanders called 911 on Thursday after the 65-year-old Traverse City man fell through ice-covered Arbutus Lake, state police said.
It shows Bennetts first trying to throw a rescue disc tethered to a rope out to the man.
Come here Ruby!” Bennetts shouts in the video before whistling for the canine, which runs to him and arrives tail wagging.
The officer ties the rescue disc to the dog's collar and asks the man to call Ruby back to him.
Persons:
Kammeron Bennetts, Bennetts, “, Will, Ruby, MCO Bennetts, RUBY
Organizations:
Mich, Michigan State Police Motor, 7th, MCO, Creative
Locations:
CITY, Michigan, Traverse City, Arbutus Lake, 7th District