A famous jump-roper recently saved a young man from drowning after falling through the ice on a frozen lake by using his jump ropes like safety lines.

During the 80s, 90s, and 00s, David Fisher became so famous for jumping rope that he authored a pair of children’s superhero books in which he’s portrayed as “The Rope Warrior” who battles aliens by jumping rope so fast he creates a force field around himself.

Used to performing for groups at schools and sporting events, Fisher never imagined getting the chance to be a real hero of any kind, but when The Rope Warrior was needed, he answered the call as all good heroes do.

The story begins in mid-December near Fisher’s home in Westfield, Indiana. His son Felix was getting ready to drive to university, when he heard what sounded like two people intensely arguing about what to do in the face of an urgent situation, per the Washington Post.

A woman and her teenage son seemed to be debating what to do to recover their dog who had run out onto the ice of a frozen lake. Felix went inside to tell his father about it, when suddenly the sound turned from argument into shrieks of alarm. The woman was running to the house asking for help: her son had fallen in trying to retrieve their dog.

Felix called 911, while the 61-year-old Fisher instinctively grabbed two long cloth ropes he uses for Double Dutch jumping and ran out to the lake, leaving one on the shore for Felix to use, and taking another with him out onto the ice.

His cast fell short but the teen had strength yet to swim a few feet and grab the end of the jump rope. Hauling him up onto the ice, he collapsed through again after trying to stand up too quickly. A second attempt, when he remained on his belly until he was well clear of the breach, saw him make it back to the shore.

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“It’s kind of like Indiana Jones and the whip,” Fisher told the Post. “And so in my head, there have always been different scenarios where a rope could be used to defend or save someone, you know?”

“You couldn’t ask for a better tool to get somebody out of an ice pond,” he added.

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Typically, that tool is being wheeled around his body at high speeds during a career in performance jump-roping that has seen him perform for millions of school children, on over 100 national television broadcasts, and before the eyes of two US presidents, plus Boris Yeltsin. He holds a large number of world records for jump-roping, including the most “rump jumps” performed consecutively.

While The Rope Warrior who battles aliens may be a fiction, the real Rope Warrior was recognized for his rescue by the Westfield mayor, who presented Fisher and Felix with the Lifesaving Citizen Award.

WATCH one of David’s performances below…