A man has been rescued after trying to walk across Lake St. Clair.
Around 9:30am on Thursday, US Coast Guard ship Neah Bay was on ice-breaking duty near Seaway Island when the crew spotted the 25-year-old out on the ice.
Officials say he was not dressed appropriately for the weather and didn't have a flotation device or any means of communication.
The American told the Coast Guard he was trying to walk from Detroit to Toronto.
It took about an hour-and-a-half, but the man was eventually transferred to hospital in stable condition once on shore in Algonac, Michigan.
The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Neah Bay, home-ported in Cleveland, rescued a 25-year-old man attempting to walk across Lake St. Clair, March 5, 2015.
The crew is transporting the man, a U.S. citizen who was hypothermic, back to shore in Algonac, Mich., where they will be met by emergency medical services.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Josh Zike
The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Neah Bay, home-ported in Cleveland, rescued a 25-year-old man attempting to walk across Lake St. Clair, March 5, 2015.
The crew is transporting the man, a U.S. citizen who was hypothermic, back to shore in Algonac, Mich., where they will be met by emergency medical services.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Josh Zike
