Footage shows a police officer in a kayak heading out to rescue an elderly pilot that crashed into an ice-covered creek in Maryland on December 26, 2022.

Two kayakers helped the pilot.

The dramatic rescue was captured on the body-worn camera of Anne Arundel County Police Department officer Elizabeth Myers, who can be seen getting into a kayak and using a screwdriver to pull herself over the ice toward the scene of the crash.

Debris including a plane wheel can be seen scattered across the ice.

A short while later, a Maryland Department of Natural Resources Police boat turned up and pulled the sole occupant of the plane to safety.

The crash happened shortly before 10:30 a.m. in the morning.

This footage was filmed and produced 26 December 2022.

The footage shows a police officer in a kayak heading out to rescue an elderly pilot that crashed into an ice-covered creek in Maryland, USA on Monday, Dec. 26, 2022.

Two kayakers helped save an elderly pilot who crashed onto an icy creek.
The dramatic rescue was captured on the body-worn camera of Anne Arundel County Police Department officer Elizabeth Myers, who can be seen getting into a kayak and using a screwdriver to pull herself over the ice towards the scene of the crash on 26th December.

Debris including a plane wheel can be seen scattered across the ice.
A short while later, a Maryland Department of Natural Resources Police boat turned up and pulled the sole occupant of the plane to safety.

The crash happened shortly before 10.30am in the morning.