00:00And now the nicer story, a trooper plunged into freezing water to save a little girl
00:10that fell into an icy pond. This one does have a happy ending. Here's the story.
00:16It's a desperate race as a state trooper runs through a field of snow.
00:21An eight-year-old girl is drowning in the icy pond.
00:24Without a moment's hesitation, the trooper plunges straight into the freezing water.
00:31And here's that hero trooper today.
00:34There wasn't a whole lot of thinking. It was just, you know, jumping into action.
00:39Michelle Archer swims through the 40-degree water in Vermont until she finds the young girl.
00:45You can see the girl's body floating face up underwater.
00:48You must have felt that chill in your bones.
00:50It's kind of interesting. On scene, I didn't remember it being cold.
00:55But, you know, as you watch the video, I'm sure that people noticed my breathing changed.
01:01You can see the girl's long hair filling the screen.
01:07Girl, rescue!
01:08She hauls the child out of the pond.
01:11Right when I got to her and I pulled her back onto the shore,
01:14I honestly didn't think that it was looking good.
01:17Suddenly...
01:18She's making noises.
01:22Oh, my God.
01:25She's making noise.
01:27It was a little bit of like a cry, moan type sound.
01:31And I was shocked, but also felt kind of a sigh of relief.
01:36She's alive.
01:39Another trooper carries her to a waiting ambulance.
01:42Fortunately, Michelle Archer was there to save the day.
01:49I knew I had to get in there as quick as possible and get her out as quick as possible.
01:54She's making noises.
01:57The trooper's just alive, but it's still a terrible story.
02:00Yeah, it still was a little bit more hard.
02:02I don't know if it was the uplifting story that...
02:09She's fine.
02:10It could have been...
02:11She's alive.
02:12That's great.
02:13I know.
02:13She's alive.
02:13Hey, if I go through something, Dave, and the video of me is just me going...
02:19At the end, but then you're like, don't worry.
02:24Chuck made it.
02:25But I'm like...
02:26Let's listen to that tape of Chuck again.
02:31Let's hear it.
02:32Chuck?
02:33See, he's going to be fine, though.
02:35He's fine.
02:36He was breathing.
02:37The good news is Chuck was breathing.
02:40And then the story ends.
02:42Like, we don't know anything else.
02:43Like, how much brain damage does a person have?
02:45No, she's fine.
02:46She's pretty big.
02:47You know, like, how long were they not breathing for?
02:51She's totally fine.
02:53I don't think so.
02:54Yes.
02:54Is Chuck totally fine?
02:58We think so.
03:00He'll be all right.
03:01Yep.
03:02The good news is Chuck was breathing after two hours of not breathing.
03:08We're not going to look into it any further.
03:11You heard his noises.
03:13It's a good story.
03:14She's alive.
03:15I don't know.
03:16I don't know about good.
03:17I don't know about...
03:18She's alive.
03:19It's an amazing tale.
03:20The, you know, the officer, unbelievably badass.
03:26Yes.
03:27To just go into a pond.
03:28You have no idea how deep it is.
03:30You're just going in.
03:32And that's amazing.
03:34But those are some tough noises at the end there, Dave.
03:38Those are some tough, tough noises.
03:40And they kept on playing them.
03:44Let's go back and listen to Chuck's voice.
03:48But we'll slow it down.
03:54See, he's fine.
03:56He's going to be just fine.
03:58No one worry.
03:59They're just being dramatic, but it's fine.
04:03He's totally fine.
04:05He was rescued that day.
04:07Like, he would slow it down for you.
04:11Man, that was tough.
04:13Okay.
04:14All right.
04:14Going to take a break.
04:16Yeah.
04:16Here as I get beaten to shreds.
04:19Well.
04:19Well.
04:19Let's go.
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