Ice Fishermen Stranded on Lake Erie

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ABC News .........

Sheriff: 1 Dead, 100-Plus Rescued From Lake Erie


Sheriff: 1 dead, 100 to 125 rescued from ice floe that broke from Ohio's Lake Erie shoreline


By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press Writer
OAK HARBOR, Ohio February 7, 2009 (AP)
The Associated Press



A miles-wide ice floe broke away Saturday from Lake Erie's shoreline, trapping more than 100 fishermen, some for as long as four hours. One person fell into the water and later died.
Map locates approximate area where hundreds of people were stranded on a breakaway ice flow in Lake Erie.
(W. Castello, STF/AP Graphic)
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The rest of the 100 to 125 fishermen were safe by late afternoon; many were plucked from the ice by rescuers who glided along in air boats.
"We were in no danger," said Norb Pilaczynski of Swanton, Ohio, who was rescued from the lake along with several of his friends. "We knew there was enough ice out there."
Earlier in the morning, fishermen used wooden pallets to bridge a crack in the ice so they could go out farther on the lake. But temperatures rose into the 40s, and the planks fell into the water when the ice shifted, stranding the fishermen about 1,000 yards offshore.

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All you ice fishermen and ladies.....BE CAREFUL OUT THERE!