Dog rushes to rescue drowning baby deer

Meet Storm, a very good boy.

While Storm was out for a walk Sunday on a New York beach with his owner, Mark Freeley, he spotted a baby deer struggling in the water. Storm sprang into action, swimming out to rescue the baby deer and bringing it back to shore. Freeley caught Storm's heroic rescue effort on video:

After bringing the fawn to shore, Storm began licking and nosing the baby deer to make sure it was alive.

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Freeley and Storm stayed with the deer until a veterinarian and a representative from the Strong Island Animal Rescue League could get there. Mashable reported that the deer is "being treated and is expected to make a full recovery."