BLOOMINGTON – Cold weather leaves little margin for error for first responders. On Monday morning a Bloomington woman fell into some frigid water, trying to save a four legged friend.
Around 11 a.m. Monday, Marcia Young was getting ready for work, when she and her husband heard squawking geese.
“Turned around and looked out our window and there he saw somebody in the lake,” said Young.
Her neighbor, Wendy Rogers, had fallen through the ice.
“I think maybe we were in panic mode, but you know you just have to do something, So, it wasn’t until afterwards I began to have wobbly knees and think, ‘oh, my goodness,'” said Young.
The fire department made its way to Monterey Road. Crews changed into their cold rescue gear on the way to save precious time.
“Realistically, in 15 minutes, you could have somebody hypothermic to the point of almost being unconscious, when…
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