Had it not been for the efforts of two bystanders and a German shepherd named Diesel, a 22-year-old man who fell through the ice of a Massachusetts pond Wednesday may not be alive today, authorities say. First responders were sent around 1:45 p.m. to Quarter Mile Pond off Woodland Road in Stoneham near the Medford town line for a report of the man who had fallen through the ice, Stoneham Fire .
Thomas Walsh and his German Shepherd, Diesel. Stoneham Fire Department
A 22-year-old Malden man was rescued from icy waters in a Stoneham pond Wednesday afternoon after a German Shepherd belonging to a passerby alerted his owner to the situation.
The Stoneham Fire Department was dispatched to Quarter Mile Pond on the Stoneham and Medford line around 1:45 p.m. for a report of a man who fell through the ice, officials said in a statement.
First responders, who arrived with two divers and an ice sled, learned at the scene two men who were in the area had used a branch to help pull the man to shore, according to the statement.