Eighteen people were rescued from an ice floe that separated from land near Catawba Island in Lake Erie, the US Coast Guard said Sunday.
Highlights
- A sheet of floating ice broke away while the individuals were snowmobiling.
- Authorities used a Coast Guard Station Marblehead airboat and an Air Station Detroit helicopter to rescue the group.
- A “good Samaritan” with an airboat also assisted with the operation.
- The helicopter lifted seven people, the Coast Guard airboat rescued four and the person helping with another airboat rescue the other seven, Coast Guard says.
- The ice floe separated from land near Catawba Island in Lake Erie, the U.S.