None of the rescued individuals needed medical attention.
CATAWBA ISLAND, Ohio – Eighteen people were rescued from Lake Erie Sunday afternoon after the ice they were on separated from the land, the Coast Guard says.
Rescue crews from the U.S. Coast Guard’s Marblehead and Detroit stations were called about 1 p.m. Sunday, a news release from the Coast Guard says. The ice floe had broken off near Catawba Island, close to the Lake Erie islands. Winds will increase from the southwest with gusts to 25 MPH possible Sunday. You are urged to stay off the ice on Lake Erie as there is the possibility that the ice will drift away from shore. Dangerous ice conditions could develop causing people to become trapped on the ice.
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