Two Suffolk County Police officers and a sergeant rescued a child who fell through the ice on an East Patchogue pond.
On December 25 at 1 p.m., an 8-year-old boy was playing on the ice on a pond in the Heatherwood Lakeside Village apartment complex when he fell through the ice into chest-deep water and was unable to free himself. A nearby resident noticed the boy in the water and called 911.
Fifth Precinct Officers James Rizzo, and Andrew Tirelli entered the pond and attempted to throw a life ring to the child while Highway Sergeant Michael Santillo crossed the ice to reach the child and pull him from the water.
The child was treated at NYU Langone Hospital-Suffolk in Patchogue for evaluation.