Sinking Jeep Sparks Heroic Effort To Save 83-Year-Old And Dog From Frozen Lake

Thankfully, the dog and the elderly guy are both safe and unimpaired

by Stephen Rivers

February 14, 2023 at 19:03

On February fourth, 83-year-old Thomas Lee was driving throughout iced-over East Okoboji Lake in Okoboji, Iowa in his Jeep when the ice split and the vehicle started to sink. A little band of do-gooders hurried to his help and handled to rescue both Lee and his six-year-old dog Cooper. Thankfully, all included got away major injury throughout the rescue effort.

According to regional report, Lee was on his method to his son-in-law’s fishing shack when the event happened. The lake is typically frozen strong sufficient for individuals and even some cars to traverse it securely however the weight of Lee’s Jeep showed excessive. When the ice split and the Jeep Wrangler started to sink, numerous people discovered and acted.

“I got on the bumper of the rear and tried opening the back door, but all the windows were locked,” said Joe Salmon, 17, who spoke with Yahoo. “But one guy gave me a knife, and I hit the back glass a couple of times.” Before reaching the Jeep, Salmon had actually already called the authorities however he and 4 other onlookers chose to act instead of weigh on authorities.

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The Dickinson County Sheriff’s Office called out the quintet for its brave actions on its Facebook page. Evidently, it’s not the very first time that a vehicle had actually failed the ice in this really area. On January 27th, it published an upgrade surrounding a UTV that decreased in the very same place.

Thankfully, that area, in specific, is just a couple of feet deep so neither the UTV nor Lee’s Jeep wound up totally immersed. The Sheriff’s Office likewise upgraded everybody on the bright side that both Lee and his puppo Cooper are dried and succeeding in spite of the unsafe mishap.

“I want to thank the people who helped and the store that took the dog in and dried him off,” Lee said. Cooper definitely looks damp and a bit cold in the only picture of him on the Facebook page however he and Lee are survivors which is what truly matters in the end.

Image Dickinson County Sheriff’s Office

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