MINOT, N.D. (AP) - A Minot man who's used to pulling others from life-threatening situations got some quick help from two fellow anglers when his four-wheeler went through the ice.
The Minot Daily News reports Keith Thornby has worked at Minot's Trinity Hospital and also served on an ambulance crew.
He was pulling an ice house with an all-terrain vehicle at Douglas Bay on Lake Sakakawea last weekend when it went through the ice after sundown.
Thornby estimates the water was 7 to 10 feet deep.
One of the two anglers he was out with was stepson Brandon Mosser, of Minot, who crawled on the ice and tossed Thornby a tow strap. Then he and a friend pulled Thornby to safety.
He was soaked and cold but OK.