Coast Guard Mass Rescue on Lake Erie
Shipmates,
We are currently responding to a mass rescue case in Western Lake Erie between Sandusky and Toledo, OH. The exact location is Locust Point. While no one in danger at this point, we have an estimated 300-500 ice fishermen that have been stranded on a floe that separated and drifted offshore due to a shift in the wind. I have been briefed by our Atlantic Commander, VADM Bob Papp, and all available assets are being diverted to the case. The local commander is Rear Admiral Pete Neffenger who is headquartered in Cleveland.
Helos are being provided from our Air Stations in Detroit and Traverse City, Michigan to support our local search and rescue stations in Marblehead, Belle Isle, St. Clair, and Toledo. Additionally we are dispatching a C130 fixed wing aircraft from Elizabeth City, NC to provide overhead coverage and comms relay. Finally, our Great Lakes icebreaker MACKINAW is enroute to assist.
ADM A
We are currently responding to a mass rescue case in Western Lake Erie between Sandusky and Toledo, OH. The exact location is Locust Point. While no one in danger at this point, we have an estimated 300-500 ice fishermen that have been stranded on a floe that separated and drifted offshore due to a shift in the wind. I have been briefed by our Atlantic Commander, VADM Bob Papp, and all available assets are being diverted to the case. The local commander is Rear Admiral Pete Neffenger who is headquartered in Cleveland.
Helos are being provided from our Air Stations in Detroit and Traverse City, Michigan to support our local search and rescue stations in Marblehead, Belle Isle, St. Clair, and Toledo. Additionally we are dispatching a C130 fixed wing aircraft from Elizabeth City, NC to provide overhead coverage and comms relay. Finally, our Great Lakes icebreaker MACKINAW is enroute to assist.
ADM A
Posted at
1:29 PM
2 Comments:
This rescue case sure has the makings of inter-agency and international cooperation at its best.
A fellow aviator, Charlie with AACN, sending a special congrats your way.
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