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Rescue under way for scores stuck on ice floe
(CNN) -- Efforts were under way Saturday to rescue hundreds of people cast adrift on an ice floe in Lake Erie, officials said.
People were stuck when an 8-foot-long chunk of Lake Erie ice broke away, off Ohio, near Toledo.
No one was in any danger and no one was thought to be in the water, according to the U.S. Coast Guard and the Ottawa County, Ohio, sheriff's office.
A snowmobiler was injured when he fell into the ice while attempting to cross it, CNN affiliate WTOL reported, citing the sheriff's office. He reportedly was being taken to a hospital. No other injuries were reported.
The ice floe, 8 miles long, was created when a large piece of ice broke off from land near Locust Point, Ohio, east of Toledo, said U.S. Coast Guard spokesman Robert Lanier.
At least 100 and as many as 500 people were stranded, authorities said.
Here is the link.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/07/Ohio.stuck.on.ice/index.html?eref=rss_topstories
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I used to live in Toledo...actually right outside in Sylvania, Ohio. I hope everyone is safe.
(CNN) -- Efforts were under way Saturday to rescue hundreds of people cast adrift on an ice floe in Lake Erie, officials said.
People were stuck when an 8-foot-long chunk of Lake Erie ice broke away, off Ohio, near Toledo.
No one was in any danger and no one was thought to be in the water, according to the U.S. Coast Guard and the Ottawa County, Ohio, sheriff's office.
A snowmobiler was injured when he fell into the ice while attempting to cross it, CNN affiliate WTOL reported, citing the sheriff's office. He reportedly was being taken to a hospital. No other injuries were reported.
The ice floe, 8 miles long, was created when a large piece of ice broke off from land near Locust Point, Ohio, east of Toledo, said U.S. Coast Guard spokesman Robert Lanier.
At least 100 and as many as 500 people were stranded, authorities said.
Here is the link.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/07/Ohio.stuck.on.ice/index.html?eref=rss_topstories
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I used to live in Toledo...actually right outside in Sylvania, Ohio. I hope everyone is safe.
