Remarkable video from China of a brave man risking his own life to rescue a 70-year-old woman trapped in a frozen river.<br /><br />The footage, filmed in Baoding City in Hebei Province in northern China on December 26, shows the 54-year-old man named Shi Lei spreading himself on the river of ice and grabbing at the woman, who appears unable to help herself.<br /><br />At one point in the video, he smashes the ice around the woman with his bare hands to free the woman, then pulls the elderly woman out of the freezing waters.<br /><br />In one heart-stopping moment, the woman's head disappears below the surface of the water before she re-emerges.<br /><br />Another man walks to the Good Samaritan holding a plank and tries to help him. <br /><br />After the woman was rescued, nearby residents brought coats and blankets to help warm the woman up.<br /><br />She was eventually taken home by Shi and reunited with her relatives.
