Stranded on Ice on Lake Erie

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  • Feb. 7: Several anglers on snowmobiles were able to make their way around a large crack in the ice on Lake Erie that stranded fisherman.
  • Feb. 7: Two unidentified fishermen remove their gear from a U.S. Coast Guard airboat after being rescued from the ice near Crane Creek State Park in Oak Harbor, Ohio.
  • Feb. 7: Fire fighters and members of the US Coast Guard work together to move a boat to rescue stranded anglers on Lake Erie near Crane Creek State Park, in Oak Harbor, Ohio.
  • Feb. 7: A helicopter flies over fishermen stranded on a slab of ice about 8 miles wide that broke free and floated away from the Ohio shoreline of Lake Erie, at Oak Harbor, Ohio.
  • Feb. 7, 2009: A coast guard rescue boat goes out on the ice at Crane Creek State Park in Oak Harbor, Ohio, to bring back materials after rescuing fisherman from the ice.
  • Feb. 7, 2009: A helicopter flies over fishermen stranded on a slab of ice about 8 miles wide that broke free and floated away from the Ohio shoreline of Lake Erie, at Oak Harbor, Ohio.
  • Feb. 7, 2009: Rescue workers walk across frozen Lake Erie as they return to shore at Crane Creek State Park in Oak Harbor, Ohio.
  • Feb. 7, 2009: Ice fishermen Gary Vaughn, left, of Pennsylvania, and David Hudzinski, from Wisconsin, make a phone call after being rescued from the ice at Crane Creek Park in Oak Harbor, Ohio.