A heroic soldier rescued a nine-year-old boy who accidentally fell into an icy lake while playing on it.<br /><br />The video, filmed in Hancheng City in northern China’s Shaanxi Province on January 21, shows a boy walking on an icy lake suddenly falling into a hole as the ice broke underneath. He then tries to climb out of the ice hole but fails.<br /><br />A soldier on leave named Li Jingxuan can be seen arriving and taking off his coat before crawling over the icy lake towards the boy.<br /><br />However, the ice surface collapses and Li falls into the lake when he tries to pull the boy out.<br /><br />Then Li elbows the ice repeatedly to make sure it will not break again before carrying the boy onto more solid ice.<br /><br />The boy then runs to the shore quickly, while Li climbs out of the water and returns to solid ground.<br /><br />The boy was sent to hospital and he was not in life-threatening condition now.
