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18 people rescued from ice floe on Lake Erie
https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/06/us/lake-erie-rescue-catawba-island/index.html18 people rescued from ice floe on Lake Erie
By Tina Burnside and Joe Sutton, CNN
Updated 6:40 AM ET, Mon February 7, 2022
A satellite image from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows the crack in the ice on Lake Erie Sunday.
(CNN)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.
"The helicopter lowered its rescue swimmer and began hoisting operations while Station Marblehead's airboat got underway," the Coast Guard said in a news release.
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By Tina Burnside and Joe Sutton, CNN
Updated 6:40 AM ET, Mon February 7, 2022
A satellite image from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows the crack in the ice on Lake Erie Sunday.
(CNN)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.
"The helicopter lowered its rescue swimmer and began hoisting operations while Station Marblehead's airboat got underway," the Coast Guard said in a news release.
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