Key takeaways:
- The Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office received the first call of people stranded on the ice floe just before 5 p.m. local time.
- By 7:37 p.m., all people on the floe had been rescued.
- The sheriff’s office praised the efforts of the local emergency responders, saying that their quick response and efficiency enabled the successful rescue of all 122 people.
Local emergency responders successfully rescued 122 people from an ice floe that had become detached from the shore of Upper Red Lake in Minnesota on Friday evening.
The Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office received the first call of people stranded on the floe just before 5 p.m. local time. By 7:37 p.m., all people on the floe had been rescued.
Sheriff Jason Riggs said in a news release that there were about 30 feet of open water separating the ice floe from shore. He noted that additional state resources were requested but canceled due to the efficiency and speed of local emergency responders.
Four people had fallen into the icy waters during an earlier rescue attempt by bystanders using a canoe. Fortunately, no one was hurt during the ordeal.
The sheriff’s office praised the efforts of the local emergency responders, saying that their quick response and efficiency enabled the successful rescue of all 122 people.
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