Aurora, Il. (11/28/2022) – Just before 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 23, 3022, Aurora’s 911 Telecommunications Center received reports of a 9-year-old drowning.
Aurora Police Department (APD) officers and Aurora Firefighters were dispatched to the scene. When officers arrived, they found a 9-year-old boy who had fallen through the ice and an adult woman who had gone in to attempt to save the child.
Officers determined the 9-year-old had entered a frozen section of a retention pond to retrieve their football. When the 9-year-old entered the frozen section of the retention pond, he fell through the ice into the cold water. Multiple officers deployed water rescue kits while two swam to save the drowning child and the adult female. In a combined effort, officers were able to return to land with the child and the woman safely.
The child sustained minor injuries and was transported to an area hospital by the Aurora Fire Department. Two Aurora officers who swam to rescue the child sustained minor injuries and were transported to an area hospital by the Aurora Fire Department. The female adult was treated on scene and was not transported. Everybody was released from the hospital in stable condition.
Source: APD
