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water rescue

  • Steve Geistel Jr., Jeremy Holman, and Telaine Bower went ice fishing on Lake Huron in February 2023. Everything was great until the chunk of ice they were fishing on broke off and started floating away. (credit: Teo Ducot / Snap Judgment)
    Presenting Snap Judgment: No Ice Is Safe Ice
    Daniel Wanschura
    Three guys went ice fishing on Lake Huron in February. Everything was great until it wasn’t. A collision of friendship, peer pressure and what it’s like staring death in the eyes.
  • Recovery airboats try to locate sunken snowmobiles on Lake Huron's Saginaw Bay on Feb. 8, 2023. (credit: The Airborne Angler)
    No Ice Is Safe Ice
    Three guys go ice fishing on Lake Huron in February. Everything is great until it isn’t. A collision of friendship, peer pressure and what it’s like staring death in the eyes.
  • Recovery airboats try to locate sunken snowmobiles on Lake Huron's Saginaw Bay on Feb. 8, 2023. (credit: The Airborne Angler)
    No Ice Is Safe Ice
    Daniel Wanschura
    Three guys go ice fishing on Lake Huron in February. Everything is great until it isn’t. A collision of friendship, peer pressure and what it’s like staring death in the eyes.
  • Lake Superior waves crash in Eagle Harbor, Michigan during a storm in October 2022. It was in this area where Keweenaw County Deputy pulled off a dramatic rescue of a 68 year old man, caught in a storm. (Dan Wanschura / IPR)
    One More Pass
    Daniel Wanschura
    Lake Superior can change in a heartbeat; one minute it’s calm ― the next it's raging into a wild storm. When people in the water get caught off-guard, rescuers have to make critical decisions, and ultimately gamble with their own lives.
  • Lake Superior waves crash in Eagle Harbor, Michigan during a storm in October 2022. It was in this area where Keweenaw County Deputy pulled off a dramatic rescue of a 68 year old man, caught in a storm. (Dan Wanschura / IPR)
    One More Pass
    Daniel Wanschura
    Lake Superior can change in a heartbeat; one minute it’s calm ― the next it's raging into a wild storm.When people in the water get caught off-guard, rescuers have to make critical decisions, and ultimately gamble with their own lives.