A mother and her baby were almost swept away after slipping into a freezing estuary that flows into the North Sea in Scotland.
Footage uploaded online captures the drama that unfolded as a young mother pushed her pram along a narrow causeway that crosses the Firth of Scotland's River Forth.
The footage shows the mother walking near the edge of the path that links the mainland to Cramond Island as the tide begins to wash over it.
Suddenly she loses her footing and topples into the freezing estuary, pulling the pram over with her.
The pram is lying on its side and partly submerged when an older lady jumps into the water to help her.
Other walkers rush to their aid and the child is quickly snatched from the water as the mother scrambles to try and retrieve her lost belongings.
A River Forth lifeboat manager, Tom Robertson, said the mother was lucky other people had been there to help her, the Daily Mail reports.
"This incident could certainly have been tragic if someone hadn't managed to get to the child quickly," he told the Mail.
The path is completely submerged at high tide and coastguards warn walkers only to attempt the crossing during the two hours either side of low tide.
The footage of the harrowing incident was uploaded on Sunday.
A two-year-old was treated for exposure to the cold after being stranded on the island with her family in 2009.
Temperatures in Edinburgh have been dropping as low as -1 celsius this week.
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