Coast Guard conducts ‘mass rescue’ of stranded snowmobilers after ice breaks on Lake Erie

The U.S. Coast Guard mentioned on Sunday afternoon it was conducting a “mass rescue” operation of 20 folks on Lake Erie after an ice float broke away whereas folks had been on snowmobiles.

In a tweet, the U.S. Coast Guard Nice Lakes mentioned that the rescue is going down close to Catawba Island, Ohio in Lake Erie, and famous {that a} Good Samaritan with an airboat was aiding within the rescue operation.

The U.S. Coast Guard was additionally utilizing an airboat and helicopter to help within the rescue efforts, in line with the tweet.

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A person who was close to the scene of the incident advised Fox Information Digital that the rescue operation was not going down too far out into the lake.

In a while Sunday, the Coast Guard mentioned it had rescued 18 folks and that none required medical consideration. 

“Rescue efforts started about 1 p.m. after an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Air Station Detroit seen roughly 20 folks on an ice floe, with a number of ATVs searching for a route again to land. The helicopter lowered its rescue swimmer and commenced hoisting operations whereas Station Marblehead’s airboat acquired underway. The helicopter hoisted seven folks from the floe, 4 others had been rescued by the Coast Guard airboat, and the remaining seven had been rescued and transported to shore by a Good Samaritan who additionally had an airboat on scene. Emergency medical providers had been standing by, however nobody required medical consideration,” the Coast Guard mentioned in an announcement.