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Lake St. Clair Rescue Saves Woman
A Good Samaritan helped save a woman by pulling her from Lake St. Clair and calling the U.S. Coast Guard.
ST. CLAIR SHORES, MI — The U.S. Coast Guard based in St. Clair Shores saved a woman’s life Saturday afternoon. The Coast Guard received a Good Samaritan call at about 2:30 saying the unidentified woman had been pulled from the water near Munchies Bay, which is on the far east side of Anchor Bay near Clay Township.
The Coast Guard’s response included a 24-foot boat and a helicopter. The helicopter, an MH-65 Dolphin, arrived first. It lowered a rescue swimmer, Petty Officer 3rd Class John Yank, onto the boat.
The woman began breathing on her own, and became conscious. When the boat arrived, the woman — who the Coast Guard will not identify by name or hometown — and Yank were transferred to the response boat, according to a statement from the Coast Guard. The woman appeared to be in her 30s, Laughlin said.
For more, go to the Detroit News.
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Photo courtesy of the U.S. Coast Guard
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