A family’s idyllic day enjoying the newly fallen snow in North Carolina was shattered after their toddler son tragically died in a sledding accident.

Ayden Sasser was playing outside in Whitsett, North Carolina on Saturday when his sled plunged into a nearby pond, and he became trapped under the ice, the Guilford County Sheriff’s Office said in a release. Police declined to provide Sasser’s age.

Hysterical audio from 911 calls captured the frantic seconds following the freak accident in the small town.

“Please please please,” an unidentified woman is heard telling the operator. “There is thin ice, and they’re trying to get to him. They’re trying to help.”

Aside from Guilford County sheriff’s deputies, the Whitsett Fire Department, Guilford County Emergency Medical Services and three other agencies responded to the call.

Family friends launched a fundraiser after Ayden Sasser’s sudden passing. (Angel Sasser/Facebook)

The boy’s mother, Angel Nicole Sasser, shared a fundraiser on her Facebook page to support her family in the wake of their son’s death.  

“My life…my baby…I don’t know how to move forward…” the grieving mother wrote on social media the days following the heartbreaking accident. “I just don’t have words..no energy… nothing… this is all I have at the moment… I love you all. We just want lots of love… hugs… kind words.”