More than 100 ice fishers rescued from ice floe in Minnesota
by Associated Press from US news | The Guardian on (#6HFW2)
An ice chunk broke loose from shore, stranding 122 winter anglers 30ft from shore until first responders were able to evacuate them
More than 100 people stranded while fishing on an ice chunk that broke free on a Minnesota lake were rescued on Friday, authorities said.
The anglers were on an ice floe in the south-eastern area of Upper Red Lake in Beltrami county - about 200 miles (322km) north-west of Minneapolis - when it broke loose from the shoreline.
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