Vermont Man's Heroic Dog Rescue from Icy River Sparks Viral Sensation

Berlin, Vt. –

Two months after he jumped into an icy river to save a dog from drowning, a video by Chris Macritchie's heroic actions becomes viral.

Macritchie said he and his son drove through a Dunkin -Donuts in Berlin in January when they noticed the dog he met as an arizona. Macritchie said his son had conquered the entire rescue mission on his phone and breaked macritchie through the ice to swim to Arizona, which was paralyzed.

“I remember that I had the feeling that it was just something I had to do,” said Macritchie. “I didn't feel like it was like a decision at the moment.”

Today, this video circulates on the Internet from Social Media platforms to national news agencies and collects tens of millions of views. Macritchie said that in the following days and weeks he was contacted by several media and people who were looking for his heroism with gratitude.

“I would wake up and I would have a dozen, two dozen news from 'Hey, thank you', and you are from Germany or from England or the Philippines,” he said.

However, the person who said Macritchie said the greatest thanks for Morgan Cersaoli, Arizona's owner.

Cerasoli said after he saved Arizona, Chris had become hero forever.

“I think of him every day,” said Cerasoli.

Cerasoli said he first posted the video on her Facebook page to publicly thank Macritchie.

She said she never expected how much would do if she both changed life.

“When we were in the Tamron Hall show when she introduced us, she said that our video had over 25 million views,” said Cerasoli.

Now Cerasoli said that Arizona is doing better than ever, and she was only grateful for the man who created the happiest end of a story that she will always remember.