Boy, Dog Rescued from Icy Cortlandt Lake

Read the Croton-on-Hudson Fire Department’s report (below) about the rescue operation carried out this afternoon near Route 129 and Mount Airy Road East, in an area so remote that some equipment was brought in by volunteers’ personal ATVs.

Croton Fire, Croton-On-Hudson EMS and Ossining EMS Paramedic were there as well as a helicopter from Westchester County Police Department; the Yorktown Heights Volunteer FD Dive/Water Rescue Team was backup that was fortunately unneeded.

And heed the warning they end with:

We take this opportunity to remind all of our viewers to PLEASE STAY OFF OF ALL ICE-COVERED BODIES OF WATER. Current temperatures and a lack of consistent below-freezing temperatures has made thin - and very misleading - ice conditions.