MARQUETTE COUNTY, MI – A person and his canine have been saved from the icy waters of an inland lake Friday night in a rescue that noticed two first responders later handled for hypothermia.
The incident was reported round 4:06 p.m. Friday, April 12, when Marquette County Central Dispatch acquired a name of a person in misery within the waters of Lake Michigamme, about 30 miles west of Marquette.
Marquette County sheriff’s deputies say the person, 56-year-old Michigamme Township resident Thad Cooper, had been searching for the household canine when he observed the canine’s head simply above the floor of the ice, and greater than 100 yards from shore, in Lake Michigamme.
Cooper bought in a kayak and paddled out to the canine to rescue it. But when he reached the canine, he fell out of the kayak and was unable to get again within the kayak or again to shore, deputies mentioned.
Multiple first responders, together with the Marquette County Sheriff’s Office Dive and Technical Rescue Teams, arrived to avoid wasting the person however had “extreme difficulty” because of the distance from shore and deteriorating ice, deputies mentioned.
Eventually a member of the sheriff’s dive group was capable of attain Cooper with a flotation board secured to the shore with a rope, and Cooper was pulled again to shore, deputies mentioned. The household canine was rescued after Cooper was secure on shore.
Deputies say Cooper and his canine have been within the water for an estimated one hour and 25 minutes.
Some first responders as properly needed to be extracted from the icy waters, and two have been transported to an space hospital for remedy of hypothermia, in line with deputies. A 3rd first responder sought remedy for a laceration suffered in a fall via the ice.
Cooper was additionally transported to an space hospital for remedy.
“All ice is unsafe this time of year and no one should venture out onto it for any reason,” Marquette County Sheriff’s Office officers mentioned.
A variety of companies responded to the scene to assist in the rescue, together with the Michigamme – Spurr Fire Department, the Michigamme – Spurr First Responder Team, Michigan State Police, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, UPHS Emergency Medical Services, the U.S. Coast Guard and the Alger County Sheriff’s Office.
