On February 4th, 83-year-old Thomas Lee was driving throughout iced-over East Okoboji Lake in Okoboji, Iowa in his Jeep when the ice cracked and the automobile started to sink. A small band of excellent samaritans rushed to his assist and managed to rescue each Lee and his six-year-old canine Cooper. Fortunately, all concerned escaped severe harm throughout the rescue effort.
In line with native information stories, Lee was on his method to his son-in-law’s fishing shack when the incident occurred. The lake is usually frozen strong sufficient for individuals and even some autos to traverse it safely however the weight of Lee’s Jeep proved an excessive amount of. When the ice cracked and the Jeep Wrangler started to sink, a number of people observed and acted.
“I bought on the bumper of the rear and tried opening the again door, however all of the home windows had been locked,” stated Joe Salmon, 17, who spoke to Yahoo. “However one man gave me a knife, and I hit the again glass a few instances.” Earlier than reaching the Jeep, Salmon had already referred to as the police however he and 4 different bystanders determined to behave fairly than weigh on authorities.
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The Dickinson County Sheriff’s Workplace referred to as out the quintet for its heroic actions on its Fb web page. Evidently, it’s not the primary time {that a} automobile had fallen by way of the ice on this very spot. On January twenty seventh, it posted an replace surrounding a UTV that went down in the identical location.
Fortunately, that spot, specifically, is just a few ft deep so neither the UTV nor Lee’s Jeep ended up utterly submerged. The Sheriff’s Workplace additionally up to date everybody on the excellent news that each Lee and his puppo Cooper are dried out and doing properly regardless of the damaging accident.
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“I need to thank the individuals who helped and the shop that took the canine in and dried him off,” Lee stated. Cooper definitely seems moist and a bit chilly in the one photograph of him on the Fb web page however he and Lee are survivors which is what actually issues ultimately.
