LCPD animal control officer saves girl from drowning in Skylar’s Pond – Cache Valley Daily

Logan City Animal Control Officer Bryan Lay

LOGAN — An animal control officer is being called a “hero,” after he jumped into a pond to rescue a young girl Thursday afternoon. Bryan Lay was on-duty near Skylar’s Pond, on the west side of Willow Park, when he saw the 10-year-old girl go under the water.

Logan City Police Chief Gary Jensen said Lay was in the right place at the right time. The animal control officer was at Willow Park responding to an unrelated call when he saw the two girls playing in the water.

The girls were with their mother, who was near the shore. As they were playing, both began to struggle to stay afloat.
The girl’s mother jumped into help the younger girl and pull her to shore.

Jensen said, Lay noticed the commotion and ran to the pond. As the mother pulled the younger girl out of the water, the 10-year-old went under and failed to resurface.

Lay took off his duty-belt and jumped into the pond, swimming to where the girl went under. He found her underneath the surface and pulled her back to shore.

Jensen said the girl was scared but otherwise conscious and breathing.

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