Boy, Woman Rescued By Cops After Boy Falls Through Ice In Aurora

AURORA, IL — A 9-year-old boy got a new football and a new lease on life this Thanksgiving after he fell through ice and into a pond on Fox Pointe Drive in Aurora. The boy was rescued by Aurora police officers and able to spend Thanksgiving evening with his family.

Police were called to a home in the 2000 block of Fox Pointe Drive around 4:30 p.m. for a report of a person who was drowning after falling through ice when he went to get his football off the surface of a pond. A woman was also in the water after trying to save the boy when officers arrived.

Two police officers jumped into the pond and other officers remaining on the shore, using water rescue kits including ropes to help pull the boy and the woman to safety.

The boy was taken to a local hospital and treated for minor injuries. He was released later in the day. The two officers who rescued him also had minor injuries and were released from a local hospital later in the day. The female who was rescued was treated at the scene.

"I thought my son was not going to be here to see Thanksgiving," the boy's mother told Aurora police in an interview shared on the Aurora Police Department's Facebook page. The interview was part of a video created by the department, including audio from the initial 911 call and body worn camera footage that shows the entire rescue.

She thanked the woman, those who called 911 and the officers who saved her son.

"And I want to thank all the people who rescued him out there," the mother said.

The boy was unable to get his football, but Aurora Police made sure to buy him a new one that may always remind him of the Thanksgiving he got a second chance.