Coast Guard Rescues Snowmobiler Stranded on Ice in Blizzard

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw rescues a 55-year-old snowmobiler stranded on broken ice about a mile off Mackinac Island's west shore during brutal blizzard conditions. Local fire and EMS respond first after a 4:40 p.m. Sunday call, but waist-deep snow and jagged ice force them back as the Coast Guard takes over. The cutter crew deploys an ice rescue team, uses a rope system to hoist the man aboard, and recovers his snowmobile too. He receives medical care and stabilizes. Read more about this...