
Thermal Drones & Ice Sleds: The High-Tech Rescue of Two Teens on the Hackensack River
photos couretesy of the Oradell Fire Department
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Oradell NJ, an evening walk on the ice turned into a life-threatening ordeal for two North Jersey teenagers this Friday. What began as an adventurous trek to an island in the middle of the Hackensack River ended in a dramatic, high-tech rescue operation involving thermal-imaging drones and specialized ice rescue sleds.

