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Michigan man saved from icy lake as officer uses man’s dog to deliver rescue gear: ‘What a good girl’

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

A man who fell through the ice on a frozen Michigan lake was rescued after a quick-thinking state police officer used the stranded man's dog to get rescue equipment to him and pull the man to safety.

Bystanders called 911 man fell through ice-covered Arbutus Lake, state police said.

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