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Published on January 22, 2025
Pueblo County Sheriff's Office and Firefighters Heroically Rescue Woman and Dog from Icy Pond in Pueblo WestSource: Google Street View

In a display of swift emergency response, deputies from the Pueblo County Sheriff's Office collaborated with Pueblo West Firefighters on a rescue operation to save a 63-year-old woman who had plunged into the frigid waters of a Pueblo West pond. The incident, which unfolded Tues morning around 11 a.m. at Cattail Crossing Pond located at 253 S. McCulloch Blvd., began when the woman ventured out onto the ice in an attempt to save her dog, according to Pueblo County Sheriff's Office.

Upon arriving at the scene, deputies found the woman partially submerged, desperately clinging to a portion of the ice sheet, her situation, was precarious at best, compounded by treacherously low temperatures, but thanks to the agility and training of the Pueblo West fire team, she was quickly encircled with a rescue rope and pulled ashore by the joined efforts of firefighters and a lone deputy who braved the conditions. The woman's dog, after its unwitting chase of geese onto the ice, was also recovered safely, and both owner and pet were taken to a local hospital, the woman's transport being largely preventative due to the extreme cold exposure.

Following the incident, the Pueblo County Sheriff's Office issued a warning about the deceptive nature of frozen bodies of water, urging the public to remain vigilant as ice can at times appear deceivingly solid when, in reality, it is not, underlying weakness and instability may lurk beneath what seems a sturdy surface. They underscored the dangers of walking pets off-leash near such environments, especially given that animals can be unpredictable and inadvertently place themselves and their owners in danger.