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Man attempting to walk from Detroit to Toronto rescued while crossing ice on Lake St. Clair
National Post ^ | March 5, 2015 | Trevor Wilhelm

Posted on 03/05/2015 5:36:53 PM PST by Squawk 8888

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a freezing man from the middle of Lake St. Clair Thursday morning who was trying to walk across the icebound water into Canada.

After he was rescued, the 25-year-old American said his plan was to walk from Detroit to Toronto.

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To: goat granny

I think Mark Wahlberg was in it.


41 posted on 03/05/2015 7:38:25 PM PST by VRWCarea51 (The original 1998 version)
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To: VRWCarea51

I think your right.


42 posted on 03/05/2015 7:41:28 PM PST by goat granny
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To: steve86

The cutter Neah Bay is home ported in Cleveland so they were already a long way from home.


43 posted on 03/05/2015 7:42:41 PM PST by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: cripplecreek

I’m not sure if it applies to Coast Guard vessels, but the Treaty of Ghent, which ended the War of 1812, imposes strict limits on the number of naval vessels that either country can operate on the Great Lakes. If that is the case, they would have a lot of area to cover.


44 posted on 03/05/2015 8:13:23 PM PST by Squawk 8888 (Will steal your comments & post them on Twitter)
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To: Squawk 8888
I know the Coast guard on the lakes works pretty closely with their Canadian counterparts. I know they don't worry about borders in the case of rescues. Just whoever is closest.

Just last summer I read about the coast guard responding to a boating accident on the Windsor side of the river. They took injured people to a waiting ambulance at a Canadian dock.


45 posted on 03/05/2015 8:30:34 PM PST by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: cripplecreek

My understanding is that’s how it works with most emergency services. The treaty is a formality, but (theoretically, at least) it’s still binding.


46 posted on 03/05/2015 9:38:18 PM PST by Squawk 8888 (Will steal your comments & post them on Twitter)
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To: MeshugeMikey; cripplecreek
his plan was to walk from Detroit to Toronto.

He heard they were catching jumbo perch up there.....

47 posted on 03/06/2015 3:51:41 AM PST by Hot Tabasco (Uncle Sy: "Beavers are like Ninjas, they only come out at night and they're hard to find")
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To: Squawk 8888

Back in the late 70’s - early 80’s a group of ice fishermen were out on lake erie and a big section of ice broke off and sent them drifting on the lake.

Coast Guard rescued them off the ice flow with choppers. One guy had a brand new pick-up truck out there on the ice, they told him they didn’t rescue vehicles.

Long story short... The wind shifted and another guy saw the pick-up go down about 1/2 mile from shore in 8-10 feet of water. The guy got a salvage permit for the truck, hired a boat and diver. The diver filled the cab with inner-tubes, blew them up and they towed the truck to shore.

Turns out the original owners insurance was no good once he drove out on the ice, and the guy with the salvage permit got a brand new pick-up truck free!

To add insult to injury the original owner still had to pay back the loan on the truck.

Never take anything out on the ice you can’t afford to lose.


48 posted on 03/06/2015 6:04:57 AM PST by Beagle8U (NOTICE : Unattended children will be given Coffee and a Free Puppy.)
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To: Beagle8U

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Weapons grade stupid!
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49 posted on 03/06/2015 9:24:42 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: editor-surveyor

Lots of people drive onto the ice every winter, but Lake Erie is bad for having ice flows break off stranding fishermen.


50 posted on 03/06/2015 10:50:37 AM PST by Beagle8U (NOTICE : Unattended children will be given Coffee and a Free Puppy.)
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To: Squawk 8888

Illegal emigrant?


51 posted on 03/06/2015 2:04:17 PM PST by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & Ifwater the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: Beagle8U

A long time ago I had a foreman in the OSB plant I worked at in North Idaho. He took a brand new pickup out on the ice on one of the deep lakes up there. As far as I know it’s still on the bottom.


52 posted on 03/06/2015 2:16:45 PM PST by EternalVigilance
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