Footage shows the moment a mysterious hero swam in freezing water to save a bird trapped in ice.
An unidentified young woman, who happened to be an open-water swimmer, was walking by Rickmansworth Aquadrome on Sunday (February 14) the moment onlookers spotted a great crested grebe stuck in the ice on the lake.
Chris Wicks, the founder of the non-profit CW Wildlife Rescue, has provided more insight on the bizarre incident as footage now shows the moment the woman plunged in the water and rescued the bird.
Speaking to the Watford Observer, Mr Wicks said: “A young lady was passing, who is a wild water swimmer, and she stripped to her swimsuit and promptly entered the freezing water.
“She swam out to the stricken great crested grebe all the way out she was breaking the ice with her right hand and she grabbed the bird in her left."
“The mysterious hero didn’t say who she was, she came to the rescue to see how her patient was, but then she just left saying ‘oh, it was nothing.”
On Facebook, Mr Wicks wrote: “Thank you to a real hero, you definitely saved this creature’s life.”
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