The boy made it about 75 yards in from the south side of the icy lake before falling through a weak spot in the ice, West Long Branch Police Chief Marlowe Botti said in a press conference Tuesday. A resident called police and officers responded in less than a minute, though they weren't sure how long the boy was in the water for.

The officer drops his body camera and enters the water. The boy can be heard moaning from the center of the lake.

In a dramatic rescue captured on police bodycam footage, an 11-year-old boy was saved after falling through the ice on a frozen lake in northern New Jersey on Monday. The incident took place at Franklin Lake in West Long Branch.

Body cam video captured a New Jersey police officer saving an 11-year-old from an icy lake. The rescue happened on Monday in West Long Branch, Monmouth County. Officer Dave Brosonski arrived to find the child stranded in the middle of the lake.

"The lake, only 6 feet deep, allowed him to stand, but the icy water quickly sapped his strength," said West Long Branch Emergency Medical Services of the boy

Santos and Officer Brosonski were reunited on Thursday and Santos presented the patrolman who pulled him from the frigid lake with a handwritten letter.