U.S. Coast Guard rescues missing person on ice

Photo By Petty Officer 1st Class Jessica Fontenette | Members of the U.S. Coast Guard Station Sault Sainte Marie rescue missing ice fisherman near on Lake Superior, Feb. 20, 2022. The missing fisherman was returned to their family near Emerson, Mi. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo)  

SAULT STE. MARIE, MICHIGAN, UNITED STATES

02.21.2022

Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jessica Fontenette 

U.S. Coast Guard District 9

SAULT SAINTE MARIE, Mich. ⎯ Members of U.S. Coast Guard Station Sault Sainte Marie and Air Station
Traverse City rescue a missing ice fisherman on Lake Superior Feb. 20, 2022.

Chippewa County reported the missing individual as a 63-year-old male on a snowmobile towing an ice shanty
who was last seen approximately one and a half miles off the shore of Lake Superior in Emerson, Michigan.

U.S. Coast Guard Sector Sault Sainte Marie launched an Ice-Rescue Team from Station Sault Sainte Marie and
the Coast Guard Ninth District launched an MH-60 helicopter from Air Station Traverse City. The crew of the
MH-60 immediately located a heat source approximately two miles south of the missing person’s last known
position.

The Ice-Rescue Team proceeded to the identified location and found the missing person. The person was taken
back to a staging area for evaluation by awaiting Emergency Medical Service personnel. No injuries were
reported.

U.S. Coast Guard training and technology greatly diminish required search times and provide crews with
invaluable information and tools necessary to rescue persons in distress.

Please contact the Sector Sault Sainte Marie Public Affairs Officer at [phone] with any questions.

-USCG-

• Date Taken: 02.21.2022
• Date Posted: 02.21.2022 17:59
• Story ID: 414999
• Location: SAULT STE. MARIE, MICHIGAN, US