20 People Saved From Floating Ice In Lake Erie: Officials

OHIO, MI — Officials saved multiple people who were stranded on floating ice in Lake Erie on Monday morning, according to the United States Coast Guard.

Officials said 20 people were stranded on an ice floe roughly a mile offshore near Catawba Island State Park in northern Ohio.

Officials said airboats rescued nine people off the ice, four were rescued by local police and seven people made it to land themselves.

The Great Lakes Coast Guard worked with the Coast Guard Air Station Detroit and other municipal authorities on rescue operations, officials said.