Hero Sergeant reunited with the boy he saved from drowning in frozen pond

(KUTV)- On New Years Day, Sergeant Thompson with the Washington County Sheriff's Office was reunited with the young boy he saved from drowning in a frozen pond on Christmas of 2017.

Even though Jason, the 8-year-old boy Thompson saved has no memory of the icy incident itself, both were excited to finally meet one other for the first time since the accident.

Noted in a Facebook post on the Washington County Sheriff's Office page, the boys family "is humbled by the overwhelming support from both the local community and people across the world."

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To remember the incident that happened that Christmas day, Thompson gave Jason his Sheriff's badge he was wearing when he jumped into the icy water to save him.