A Vermont police officer was filmed jumping into icy water to rescue a drowning 8-year-old child.
Vermont State Police on Friday released footage of Officer Michelle Archer, who performed the daring rescue on December 17th.
“I didn't think much of it. Something was taking over — training. It was the opposite of panic,” Archer told Vermont News First.
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Vermont State Trooper Michelle Archer and her brother pulled an 8-year-old child from a frozen pond after he had fallen through the ice. Archer uses a flotation device to jump into the icy water to retrieve the helpless girl. (Vermont State Police)
An 8-year-old girl and her brother were playing near or on the frozen surface of a private pond near where they lived when the ice melted.
An elderly neighbor who could not swim managed to pull the brothers out of the water before Archer, who was on patrol just minutes away, arrived at the scene.
Archer used a flotation device in the back of his cruiser to bring the child to the snowy shore. When the child came ashore, she started making noises and she informed the police that she was still alive.
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Fellow team member Keith Cote took the baby from Archer and administered life-saving measures before rescuers loaded him into an ambulance and transported him to a nearby hospital.
Vermont State Trooper Keith Cote administers first aid and transports the 8-year-old girl from Archer to an ambulance for life-saving treatment. The boy was taken to a nearby hospital and released after recovering. (Vermont State Police)
Archer began taking off his water-soaked clothes before warming up in his patrol car.
The boy made a full recovery at the University of Vermont Medical Center and was discharged after several days of treatment.
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Mr. Archer, Mr. Cote, and the property owners who assisted in the rescue were commended for their actions by the Vermont State Police.
All three received the State Police Lifesaving Award for their actions.
