INDIANAPOLIS — A man died Monday after trying to rescue his dog from an icy pond at an apartment complex here, the second death in two days of owners falling through thin ice to save their canines.

Two divers from the Indianapolis Fire Department found the man in his 20s shortly after noon at the Masters Apartments and brought him to shore roughly 20 minutes later, Battalion Chief Rita Reith said in a news release. The victim, whose name was not released, was pronounced dead at St. Vincent Hospital.

On Saturday about 250 miles north in Wyoming, Michigan, Tracy Cashman, 38, drowned after she fell through ice in a pond at Battjes Park while walking her dog. Investigators there believe that she also was trying to rescue her dog who had walked on thin ice.

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"If the dog was struggling, she would save that dog," said Cashman's mother, Rhonda Moore. "Whether it was her dog, somebody else's dog, a child — it would be instinct. She would just do it."

Cashman's golden doodle had returned home without her at about 9:30 p.m. EST Saturday, alerting family to the problem. She had a husband and three children, according to officials at Godfrey-Lee Public Schools in Wyoming, the Grand Rapids, Michigan, suburb where she worked.

The dog in Indianapolis, one of huskies that the victim owned, also was able eventually to get out of the water on its own.

Another resident of the Indianapolis apartment complex was leaving in his car when he saw the dog on the ice and the owner trying to rescue it. The witness then left his car and entered the pond, according to Indianapolis firefighters.

That man also fell through ice but was able to get himself out.

Another resident heard what was happening and entered the water, too. He managed to throw a rope bag to the victim, the release said. But he also fell through the ice and left the pond.

The resident who first entered the pond tried to enter the water a second time but was unsuccessful, according to the release.

Divers located the victim about 30 feet from the shore in 15 feet of water. He was in extremely critical condition and died at the hospital, Reith said.

Contributing: Amir Abbas, WZZM-TV, Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, Mich. Follow Crystal Hill on Twitter: @crysnhill

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