PARK TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 22, 2022) – Three persons were rescued from the waters of Lake Michigan on Thursday evening.
According to Ottawa County Sheriff’s Lieutenant Eric Westveer, members of the department’s Marine Unit were dispatched to a area about three miles off of the shores of Tunnel Park on a report of a Hobiecat-style sailboat that had flipped over in high waves. The three males were in the water, wearing life jackets and attempting to turn over the vessel without success. One of the three had contacted family members on the shore, providing a location for rescuers to find them, and admitting that they were nearing exhaustion.
Rescuers were able to pull the three boaters out, and after treatment for mild hypothermia, the males opted not to seek further immediate medical help.
Westveer added that lake conditions were “extremely dangerous” at the time of the incident, with high winds whipping up the waves.
Thank God their safe. Salute to the members of the department’s Marine Unit for immediate rescue. Lake conditions are sometimes dangerous so you should be more careful.