A Utah police sergeant is being hailed as a Christmas hero after he rescued an 8-year-old boy from a frozen pond by pounding the ice with his fists, according to a local report.

On Christmas Eve, the young boy — identified as Jason — ran onto the pond in pursuit of his dog but the ice cracked and he fell through, the Gephardt Daily reported.

Sgt. Aaron Thompson, who was the first on the scene, rushed out onto the frozen surface and began punching it, breaking through the ice to make a path and move himself forward, he told reporters.

“I knew how cold the water was,” said Thompson, who spent several years on the county’s dive rescue team. “I just made the decision I would go get him… I knew what I was getting into.”

When Thompson got close, he dove under the water and finally spotted the boy beyond the ice he’d broken through.

“Once I saw his face, I pulled his head out of the water,” the officer said. “I was desperate.”

When the two made it back to shore, multiple rescue crews were waiting to assist them.

“I was in bad shape,” said Thompson, who was treated for hypothermia and nerve damage from the pounding, though he is slowly regaining feeling in his hands.

The boy’s family said he’s doing “very well” and considers the encounter a “Christmas Miracle.”

“Jason is reported as being awake and coherent, responding to questions from family and hospital staff. The father said Jason’s situation has been an example to their family that ‘God hears and answers prayers,’ ” the Washington County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.

While the family and others may be calling Thompson a hero, the modest cop insists it was a group effort.

“Everybody huddled around to make sure that child had the best chance,” Thompson said.

“If there was a hero that night it was us — not me,” he said.