A little boy is lucky to be alive after falling through the ice on a lake in Monmouth County, New Jersey on Monday.

Monday afternoon, a resident reported that an 11-year-old boy had fallen through the ice at Franklin Lake. West Long Branch Patrolman Dave Brosonski arrived to find the child stranded in the middle of the lake.

A New Jersey police officer sprang into action after a boy fell through the ice on a frozen lake. Officer David Brosonski used his knees to break through chunks of ice and rescue the child, who was taken to the hospitalized and is expected to be okay.