The boy shouted that he couldn’t swim, prompting Gorda to instruct onlookers to call the authorities, Ukraine’s Independent Information Agency of News (UNIAN) reported. In the meantime, Gorda cast out a lure (with no hook) in the direction of the boy, who managed to pluck the line out of the water.

Gorda then reeled in the boy, very slowly, until he was safely back on the shore.

Gorda later said on Facebook that he didn’t believe he’d get a second chance to cast his line to the boy, as the ice beneath him was cracking.