Firefighters crawl to rescue deer stuck on frozen lake

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Firefighters crawled on their hands and knees across thin ice to perform a delicate rescue. Neighbors noticed a deer stranded on top of Pike Lake in Minnesota and called authorities. A team arrived and formulated an unusual plan to assist the struggling buck. Instead of sliding a stone across an ice rink, the firefighters used instruments to slide the deer across the ice and onto the shore towards safety. He may have been frightened, but the buck was not hurt."...

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Very cool! I guess the firefighters figured if the ice could hold the deer (and they grow heavy in Minnesota compared to Tennessee!) the ice could hold them. In any event it's great they were able to get the buck off the ice. That poor deer probably wore itself out trying to stand up.