and i'm dan winters. 58 year old rick rauzi fell through the ice into the deep waters of lake ahquabi sunday morning. it took 20 minutes for nearby fisherman to hear his frantic cries for help. channel 13's jannay towne caught near death experience... rauzi was released from the hospital today.. he still doesn't have feeling in his fingertips and is all scraped up and bruised, but says doctors are amazed at how well he's doing after being exposed to the freezing water for on a snowy sunday, weekend photographer rick rauzi was drawn to the call of the wild.. nats of geese as he snowshoed out onto the ice to capture the geese on lake ahquabi... he heard an unmistakable shattering sound. 03:11:13 the whole area just collapsed and i went right down over my head. it was not a slow sink. i went down instantaneously and came up and you know, had my initial extreme panic 27 once that passed, rauzi began yelling for his life. but as the minutes ticked by... he began to realize no one could hear or see him in the water. 03:12:54 i said goodbye to my wife, said goodbye to my kids said i didn't w

bell and jesse bannor--sprung to action, risking their lives to save a photographer... 58 year old rick rauzi was taking wildlife photos when he fell through the ice sunday morning at lake ahquabi. with nothing but a rope and a canoe... the fishermen made their way towards the man. 18:56:11--26 'i was able to tie the rope around his body, i got arms, tied it off around his chest and was able to back away from the boat and pull him up as far as i snagged on his camera.' from methodist hospital, rauzi wrote on his facebook, saying "i have to say that yesterday i came as close to death as i ever want to be....not to be melodramatic, but its a heavy thing to actually say goodbye to your wife and kids and face death alone...by all rights i shouldnt have made it.' the fishermen call the whole thing a "humbling experience" and say they think anyone else in a similar situation would have done the same thing. still to come on your news at noon... 2 days of music, camping, art and more is returning to iowa... coming up...a guest joins us in studio to give us the inside scoop on the must see show of the

on sunday morning, 58 year old rick rauzi had been taking pictures at lake a-quab-bee when the ice cracked and he fell through. fisherman jesse bannor and damian bell heard the photographer's cries for help and quickly sprang into action with a canoe and rope keeping the man afloat while they waited for authorities could arrive. rauzi survived and has since thanked the two men, posting on facebook he wouldn't have made it without them. a domestic abuse survivor wants iowa lawmakers to quit treating repeat offenders with kid-gloves... in 20-09, tiffany allison suffered injuries after her boyfriend at the time attacked her. a court sentenced him to two and a half years but he served just 10 months. once out he attacked another woman. allison is now hoping to get new emotional p-s-a... i was his fifth victim, i almost didn't get away, i was his sixth victim, i never thought that this would happen to me, i was his most recent victim, number seven, i'll never be the same 'im really scared hes going to do this again and potentially kill someone the next time and i know i dont want to be responsi

i gave my wife my solemn vow that i would not go on the ice again 44 the last time 58 year old rick rauzi was on ice... he was just minutes from death.... he crashed trough the ice at lake ahquabi near indianola on sunday... two fishemen managed to reach him... but even then rauzi wasn't sure if he would survive. 03:13:26 i was afraid to let go of the ice because i'd gone down twice. i slipped off twice and went down over my head and the last time i did it, i knew if i indianola fire fighters helped pull rauzi to safety and rush him to the hospital. he is still regaining feeling in his hands... but doctors say they are amazed at how quickly he recovered. fire fighters spend countless hours training for that exact type of rescue... but for a des moines man its that training that's killing him... channel 13's justin surrency explains. marshalltown community college softball coach garland shirley is used to defeating opponents... "my softball players are like and get through alot of things."becoming a des moines firefighter in 2004 was a passion fulfilled... "the camaraderie , having the abi

channel 13's mike dasilva has the writing from methodist hospital, 58 year-old rick rauzi saying on facebook quote "i have to say that yesterday i came as close to death as i ever want to be..not to be melodramatic, but it's a heavy thing to actually say goodbye to your wife and kids and face death alone...i shouldn't have made it." but he did make it... thanks to these two guys... 18:45:44- it started off like any other day." but catching fish and having a good time would soon give way to a rescue rescue mission...after damian bell's son konnor said he heard someone screaming for help. 18:48:06-- it was hard to make out anything besides geese really at that point. we said buddy, i think it's just the geese." but the screaming continued...the conditions were such that you couldn't see anything across the lake, and it was snowing really hard. so damian and jesse left their boys with a phone and told them to stay put... 18:50:06--13 'we knew the kids were safe where they were because of the testing of the ice we had done. we put them both in one shack so that they could be with each other.' no

rick rauzi was snowshoeing and taking pictures of geese sunday morning... when the ice gave way. it took 20 minutes for nearby ice fishermen to hear his cries for reach rauzi and kept him afloat until indianola firefighters arrived and pulled him to safety. the 58 year old says he's never been more scared in his life.. 03:12:40 couldn't feel my hands anymore. i was starting to get drowsy. my core temperature went down to 80 i thought i was going to die. not be melodramatic , but i said to my kids 57 rauzi was released from the he says the doctors were amazed at how well he was doing after being in the water for so long. we usually see snow in february... but today.. we saw rain... chief meteorologist ed wilson joins us now... ed.. how much rain fell today? it's been an overcast cloudy day after our morning mix move through the state. more than three- tenths of an inch of rain fell in des moines this morning. it will be dry tonight, but patchy fog may develop. temperatures will drop from the mid 30s this evening to the a country music icon is headlining an iowa music festival this

rick rauzi crashed trough the ice at lake ahquabi near indianola on february 14th. two fishermen kept him afloat until firefighters arrived and pulled him out. the fire department said the older suits performed well in this case but they are ready to be replaced. rauzi left the hospital, two days after falling in the ed, ice conditions changing after a stretch of warmer temperatures... newton's latest police officer is sworn in... on all fours. what it took to get smokey on services are needed. and waukee school are changing the pledge of allegiance... who will now be asked to recite the was brought to but first... president obama announces his plan to close down guantanamo bay where prisoners would go if it's shut down... and the fight what the obama administration is offering up a plan to close guantanamo bay... the move comes seven years after the president promised to close the military prison. president obama proposed, again today, that congress close the u-s prison for terror suspects in guantanamo bay cuba. republican leaders in congress steve handelsman has

and i'm dan winters. 58 year old rick rauzi fell through the ice into the deep waters of lake ahquabi sunday morning. it took 20 minutes for nearby fisherman to hear his frantic cries for help. channel 13's jannay towne caught near death experience... rauzi was released from the hospital today.. he still doesn't have feeling in his fingertips and is all scraped up and bruised, but says doctors are amazed at how well he's doing after being exposed to the freezing water for

rick rauzi was snowshoeing and taking pictures of geese sunday morning... when the ice gave way. it took 20 minutes for nearby ice fishermen to hear his cries for help. the pair used a canoe to reach rauzi and kept him afloat until indianola firefighters arrived and pulled him to safety. the 58 year old says he's never been more scared in his life.. 03:12:40 couldn't feel my hands anymore. i was starting to get drousy. my core temperature went down to i thought i was going to die. not be melodramatic , but i said goodbye to my wife, rauzi was released from the hospital today.he says the doctors were amazed at how well he was doing after being in the water for so long. the ice on lakes and ponds across central iowa will get thinner as the days go by.. by friday.. it is going to really feel like spring.. meteorologist brett mcintyre has details.. hi brett.. it's been an overcast cloudy day after our morning mix move through the state. more than three- tenths of an inch of rain fell in des moines this morning. it will be dry tonight, but patchy fog may develop. temperatures will dro

ing from methodist hospital, 58 year-old rick rauzi saying on facebook quote "i have to say that yesterday i came as close to death as i ever want to be..not to be melodramatic, but it's a heavy thing to actually say goodbye to your wife and kids and face death alone...i shouldn't have made it." but he did make it... thanks to these two guys... 18:45:44- it started off like any other day." but catching fish and having a good time would soon give way to a rescue rescue mission...after damian bell's son konnor said he heard someone screaming for help. 18:48:06-- it was hard to make out anything besides geese point. we said buddy, i think it's just the geese." but the screaming continued...the conditions were such that you couldn't see anything across the lake, and it was snowing really hard. so damian and jesse left their boys with a phone and told them to stay put... 18:50:06--13 'we knew the kids were safe where they were because of the testing of the ice we had done. we put them both in one shack so that they could be with each other.' not knowing what they were getting themselves into...