Firefighters rescued an old man trapped in an icy river after he had waded out to save his dog.<br /><br />In the video, filmed in Heze City in eastern China’s Shandong Province on January 13, a fireman walks through the frozen river with a life jacket and rope ladder to try and reach the old man with his dog, who are isolated on an island in the centre of the river.<br /><br />In a later clip, the old man, wearing the life jacket that fireman brought to him, tries to walk back to the shore with the fireman holds his dog for him.<br /><br />Since the man’s dog fell into the river accidentally, he jumped into the water to try to rescue his dog but ended up getting stuck there.<br /><br />The man and his dog were saved successfully, according to reports.
