This ice rescue story was passed to us by Gerry Dworkin of Lifesaving Resources. Alexander Nicholas, a graduate of their Ice Rescue Train-the-Trainer Academy is a volunteer firefighter for the Village of Greenwood Lake who trains their team for incidents like these. He also took part in the rescue.

From Time-Herald Record:

Police rescued four men who were stranded ice fishing on Greenwood Lake yesterday afternoon, including two that fell through the ice.

Detective Sgt. John Hansen said the men had been ice fishing on the lake, about 200 feet from shore, in the morning and were trying to get back to shore as the ice softened during the day when one fell through the ice.

Greenwood Lake’s ice police rescue unit pulled the man from the water.

Another man fell through the ice trying to reach police and was pulled from the water. Hansen said the rescue operation took about 45 minutes.

The four men received medical attention at the scene, but refused to be taken to the hospital.

(Photos by Ed Bailey. Click on the photo to see more pictures.)