Stamford Babies Rescued from Frigid Waters of LI Sound

*Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect that Greenwich Police Officer Thomas Huestis saved both babies.

GREENWICH, CT - An off-duty Greenwich Police officer is being credited with saving two Stamford babies whose stroller rolled into the frigid water of Eagle Pond at Greenwich Point Park in Greenwich on Friday.

According to police it was about 4 p.m. when a Stamford mother, walking a dog, with her 13-month and six-month-old babies strapped into a stroller, stopped to talk with a friend.

Somehow the stroller rolled, hit an embankment and dropped seven feet into Eagle Pond, a quasi-fresh water pond. Huestis happened to be in the park, witnessed what happened and dove into the water.

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According to underground.com, the water temperature was about 42 degrees.

Police said that three other unidentified bystanders assisted the mother and children.

The mother and the two infants were taken to Stamford Hospital for treatment and have been released.

Greenwich Police Chief James Heavey said, "The parents of the children would like to keep their identities anonymous but they did want to thank everyone for helping today and they told me that Officer Huestis was 'tremendous.'"

Photo: Eagle Pond at Greenwich Point. Credit: Greenwich Police.