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*UPDATE* PHOTOS: U.S. Coast Guard assists 2 Canadian snowmobilers near Kingsville, Ontario

February 15, 2015

First responders from Kingsville, Ontario, prepare for rescue efforts of two individuals who were stranded two miles offshore of Kingsville on unstable ice, Feb. 14, 2015.

An aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Detroit hoisted the two individuals from their location on the ice and transported them to the Kingsville ferry docks where they where met by Kingsville first responders.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Walter and Tegan Fredenhagen

First responders from Kingsville, Ontario, prepare for rescue efforts of two individuals who were stranded two miles offshore of Kingsville on unstable ice, Feb. 14, 2015.

An aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Detroit hoisted the two individuals from their location on the ice and transported them to the Kingsville ferry docks where they where met by Kingsville first responders.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Walter and Tegan Fredenhagen

An aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Detroit arrives at the Kingsville, Ontario, ferry docks after hoisting two individuals from unstable ice about two miles offshore of Kingsville, Feb. 14, 2015.

The aircrew then transported them to the Kingsville ferry docks where they where met by Kingsville first responders.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Walter and Tegan Fredenhagen

An aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Detroit lands in the snow at the Kingsville, Ontario, ferry docks after hoisting two individuals from unstable ice about two miles offshore of Kingsville, Feb. 14, 2015.

The aircrew then transported them to the Kingsville ferry docks where they where met by Kingsville first responders.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Walter and Tegan Fredenhagen

An aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Detroit and first responders from Kingsville, Ontario, after a successful rescue of two individuals who were stranded two miles offshore of Kingsville on unstable ice, Feb. 14, 2015.

The aircrew hoisted the two individuals and transported them to the Kingsville ferry docks where they where met by Kingsville first responders.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Walter and Tegan Fredenhagen

CLEVELAND — The U.S. Coast Guard assisted two snowmobilers near Kingsville, Ontario, after they became stranded nearly two miles off the Canadian side of Lake Erie, Saturday morning.

The names of the individuals assisted are not being released by the Coast Guard, and there is no Coast Guard imagery for this case.

At around 10:15 a.m., a search-and-rescue coordinator at the Coast Guard's 9th District Rescue Coordination Center in Cleveland, responded to a call for assistance from personnel at the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Trenton, Ontario. JRCC Trenton reported that there were two snowmobilers stranded offshore of Kingsville, who were concerned about the stability of the ice around them.

The SAR coordinator at the 9th District directed the launch of an aircrew, from Coast Guard Air Station Detroit, aboard a Dolphin helicopter. The aircrew arrived on scene with the snowmobilers at about 11:15 a.m., safely hoisted them into the helicopter and transferred them to the ferry dock in Kingsville where they were met by local fire department personnel at about 11:30 a.m. 

The snowmobilers needed no further medical attention.

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