NY cop rescues 11-year-old girl who fell through the ice.
“I could see just her head sticking out of the water,” DeMatteo said, according to the New York Post. “I was nervous that we’d both go in, but I couldn’t just sit there and do nothing. When you see her in the water, you’re going to do whatever you can to help her.”
But after he got her out of the water and they headed for land, the ice gave way again, sending them both briefly into the frigid water.
Chris Gonzales, first assistant chief of Sayville Community Ambulance, threw them a rope and pulled them ashore. They were taken to a hospital for observation, though neither was seriously injured.
At a news conference at Stony Brook University Medical Center, Sarah and DeMatteo sat side by side in wheelchairs, both wrapped in gray blankets.
“I’m better, just my hands feel all tingly,” Sarah said, according to the New York Daily News.
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She pulled one hand out of her blanket to shake her rescuer’s hand. “Thank you,” she said, receiving a big smile back from DeMatteo.