Stamford firefighters rescue two people from a sinking truck. (Stamford Fire Department/Newsflash)
Stamford firefighters rescue two people from a sinking truck. (Stamford Fire Department/Newsflash)

This is the moment firefighters rescue two people trapped in their pickup truck while it was sinking into freezing water.The incident took place in the Rhode Island Sound strait off Cummings Park in the city of Stamford in the state of Connecticut yesterday (1 February).The video shows firefighters using an aerial ladder to get to the victims who are still trapped in their white truck but are being assisted by other first-responders wearing cold water rescue suits.(Stamford Fire Department/Newsflash)