--- title: 'Elsa' From Frozen Pushes Police Wagon Out of Boston Snow description: As Boston was pummeled with snow by the Northeast's third winter storm in fewer than two weeks, an unlikely hero emerged to save the day. canonical: https://time.com/5199427/elsa-frozen-police-wagon-boston-snow/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-03-14T17:28:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:51:23.922Z og:title: 'Elsa' Rescues Boston Police Wagon From Very Frozen Mishap og:description: The cold never bothered him anyway og:url: https://time.com/5199427/elsa-frozen-police-wagon-boston-snow/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt47b3f18df7c1af50/698690ebf983e7297f04dfbe/frozen.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1698 og:image:height: 955 og:image:alt: Frozen og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Elsa' Rescues Boston Police Wagon From Very Frozen Mishap twitter:description: The cold never bothered him anyway twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt47b3f18df7c1af50/698690ebf983e7297f04dfbe/frozen.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Man Dressed As Elsa Rescues Boston Police Wagon From Very _Frozen_ Mishap > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 14, 2018 5:28 PM UTC  This image released by Disney shows Elsa the Snow Queen, voiced by Idina Menzel, in a scene from the animated feature "Frozen." (AP Photo/Disney) This image released by Disney shows Elsa the Snow Queen, voiced by Idina Menzel, in a scene from the animated feature "Frozen." (AP Photo/Disney) Disney/AP Photo  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 14, 2018 5:28 PM UTC As [Boston](http://time.com/5197161/third-noreaster-cripples-boston-airport-forces-hundreds-of-other-flight-cancelations/) was pummeled with snow by the [Northeast’s third winter storm](http://time.com/5194953/northeast-braces-third-noreaster/) in fewer than two weeks on Tuesday, an [unlikely hero](http://time.com/4800747/china-climate-change-paris-agreement-trump/) emerged to save the day. Just when it seemed like there was no hope of moving a police wagon that was stuck in the drifts lining the city’s South End, a man dressed as Elsa from _Frozen_ managed to singlehandedly rescue the vehicle from the snowbank. In a video shared on Facebook on Tuesday, Jason Triplett, a 37-year-old attorney, can be seen pushing the truck onto clearer roadways while clothed in the iconic ice blue trappings of Disney’s Queen of Arendelle. Triplett later told the [_Boston Globe_](https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/03/14/queen-elsa-came-boston-and-pushed-police-wagon-out-snow/v02YU4tNnYcMPnAc125kSM/story.html)that he had worn the costume out simply to amuse his friends. “That was worth it enough for me,” he said. Boston PD was quick to express their appreciation for the good deed. “The officers involved were especially grateful for the help and would like to thank the Elsa-impersonator for the assist,” said Officer James Kenneally, a police spokesman. 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