Body camera captures officer rescuing child trapped under dock

Police body camera footage caught the moment a police officer and volunteer firefighter were able to rescue a child trapped underneath a pontoon dock in Florida.
Officer David Rhoden's body camera was still on when he jumped into Lake June with volunteer firefighter Rafael Ramos on May 22 after they heard a child calling for help.
Rhoden told WFTS when he heard the trapped boy yelling out, he expected the worst, saying: 'I immediately thought the kid was trapped under water.'
Footage from the bodycam shows Ramos looking for a way to swim under the pontoons to get to the child, while two individuals, thought to be his parents, wait anxiously nearby.
Ramos and Rhoden both expressed their relief seeing the child look back at them and hearing his sobs, as it meant there was some air for him.
'His head was above water and he had a terrified look on his face and he was crying so I knew he had some air and was breathing,' Rhoden told WFTS.
The police officer was able to lift the dock enough for Ramos to swim between the pontoons and pull the little boy out.
Other volunteer firefighters quickly joined in the difficult effort to keep the dock elevated as Ramos worked to get to the child and then free him.
Ramos, who has been a volunteer firefighter for three years, said this is the first time he has ever rescued someone.
'To be honest, I felt real good after that that he was okay that everything came out perfect. He said "thank you" his mom said "thank you too,' Ramos said.
Rhoden has worked at the Lake Placid Police Department for two years, and said his days don't always have a happy ending.
'It's not very often I get to see a good outcome like that especially where it could've been extremely bad,' he told WFTS.
'If his head was under water we would've been dealing with a fatality,' he explained.