The call reported five boaters were clinging to a white cooler eight to ten miles off the coast of Ashtabula in Lake Erie.
ASHTABULA COUNTY, Ohio - Five people were rescued from Lake Erie Saturday morning after their boat sank, according to Petty Officer 1st Class Chris Yaw of the U.S. Coast Guard Ninth District.
The boaters were fishing for walleye when their 22 foot boat got “swamped” by a wave, according to the Coast Guard.A helicopter from AIRSTA Detroit MH65 diverted from another mission and used location from a cell phone to find the stranded boaters.
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