Watch a police officer perform a daring ice rescue in West Long Branch, New Jersey, after an 11-year-old boy fell through the ice into frigid Franklin Lake. The boy was crossing the lake as a shortcut on his way home.

Police bodycam footage shows the rescue of an 11-year-old boy from a lake that had partially frozen over in northern New Jersey on Monday.

A New Jersey police officer is being hailed a hero for rescuing an 11-year-old child who fell into an icy lake.