Ohio fishermen knew about cracks in Lake Erie ice
Updated Sun. Feb. 8 2009 2:13 PM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
Authorities say dozens of fishermen who got caught on a breakaway slab of ice on the Ohio shore of Lake Erie made poor decisions that contributed to their predicament.
On Saturday morning, a 13-kilometre-wide ice field broke free from the shore and the U.S. Coast Guard was forced to send ships and helicopters to rescue the stranded fishermen.
By the end of the afternoon, 134 people had been pulled from the drifting ice and one person died from an apparent heart attack, after falling into the water on his snowmobile.
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