WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ -- Body cam video captured a New Jersey police officer saving an 11-year-old from an icy lake. The rescue happened on Monday in West Long Branch, Monmouth County. Officer Dave Brosonski arrived to find the child stranded in the middle of the lake.

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.

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.