02/06/2022

Eighteen People Rescued From Ice Floe on Lake Erie

The ice broke away while the individuals were snowmobiling

Eighteen people were rescued from an ice floe that separated from land near Catawba Island in Lake Erie, the US Coast Guard said Sunday.

A sheet of floating ice broke away while the individuals were snowmobiling, according to the Coast Guard.

Authorities used a Coast Guard Station Marblehead airboat and an Air Station Detroit helicopter to rescue the stranded group, the Coast Guard said earlier in a tweet. A "good Samaritan" with an airboat also assisted with the operation.

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