Two people and one dog were rescued last Saturday from the ice on Hinckley Reservoir, in the Herkimer County town of Russia.
At 11:30 a.m., a 59-year-old from Cold Brook witnessed his dog fall through the ice. He attempted to save his dog using a kayak, but the kayak capsized, dumping the man into the frigid water with his pooch.
Meanwhile, a 42-year-old Good Samaritan, also from Cold Harbor, grabbed another kayak and paddled out to the man and his dog. Using a rope, he managed to pull the man to shore, then went back for the man’s dog.
But once the Good Samaritan pulled the dog into his kayak, his extremities were so cold he couldn’t move, and he found himself stranded amid the broken ice and blowing snow.
A New York state Department of Environmental Conservation forest ranger in ice rescue gear entered the ice and brought a personal flotation device to the Good Samaritan, while hooking a rope to the man’s kayak.
Rescue crews from Barneveld, Poland, and Newport fire departments, along with water technicians with NYS Fire, deployed a rescue boat and pulled the stranded kayak safely ashore. Both men, and the dog, were unharmed.
The following reports are excerpted from DEC:
On the night of Jan. 13, a 26-year-old hiker from Brooklyn fell into the water approximately 2.7 miles from the Northville-Placid trailhead. He managed to pull himself out of the water and onto the trail but was too cold to move any farther. Rangers reached the hiker about an hour later, warmed him up, and helped him back to the trailhead.
On the afternoon of Jan. 11, a 20-year-old hiker from Syracuse called 911 from a trail on Snowy Mountain, Hamilton County, to report that he was having trouble in the cold and snow. But the call dropped before the operator could get his location. Rangers found the hiker halfway down the mountain, wearing only a light winter coat and mountaineering boots not suited for winter hiking. They provided him with hand and feet warmers, socks, a hat, gloves, a light,…
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