This woman was saved by heroes as witnesses say it wasn’t her time to go.

RCMP Border Integrity officers in Kingston were on boat patrol in the St. Lawrence River on March 4 about 5:30 p.m. when out of the blue a woman, who appeared to be in distress, exited her vehicle and ran to a boat launch ramp and jumped into the icy St. Lawrence River.

Const. Steffan Manuel was driving the vessel and realizing the danger was prepared to jump into the freezing water to save the woman.

Instead, he pulled into the Rockport boat launch and radioed for help.

“From the ice edge, which was about 30-feet from the shore, he comforted the woman, according to a RCMP release.

“He talked the woman into swimming back to him and then pulled her back on to the ice,” the Mounties said.

By then Const. Jason Greene and two officers had arrived and helped the woman off the ice and into a warm police vehicle, where they administered first aid for hypothermia.

“The woman was in the water for about five minutes and was struggling to swim by the time she reached the ice,” police said.

Within minutes, she was taken to Brockville General Hospital by the OPP and Emergency Medical Services.

“The RCMP is proud of its members who put themselves on harm’s way to help their fellow citizens,’ said Cpl. Dmitri Malakhov.

It just so happened that a course on ice rescue techniques is planned to take place at the same spot this month.