What started out as another ordinary tow for Lakeshore Towing's Captain Neil Lundell aboard ENDURANCE on Wednesday evening ended with Lundell rescuing three people from the waters of Lake Erie after a search and rescue operation involving ENDURANCE, Coast Guard Station Erie, and a Coast Guard helicopter from Detroit.
Apparently, after the pleasure craft became disabled, three of the vessel's occupants decided to go swimming. While trying to reboard the craft, the swim platform on the vessel broke free and the boat drifted away from them, leaving a lone female occupant on the boat. However, she informed no one until Capt. Lundell arrived aboard ENDURANCE. By this time, the occupants had drifted quite a distance from the vessel, which was located about two miles northeast of the channel.
The vessel's occupant informed Capt. Lundell of the missing persons, and he in turn informed Coast Guard Station Erie and began searching for the three.
The three passengers were recovered by ENDURANCE at around 2030 hours Wednesday night. One of the vessels from Coast Guard Station Erie transported the three to Lampe Marina, where they refused treatment from Emergycare, though one was reported to be suffering from mild hypothermia.
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