SHEBOYGAN, WI (WTAQ)- An ice rescue team was called to the shores of Lake Michigan to help a windsurfer that could not make it back to land Sunday.
The Coast Guard was contacted by someone who noticed that the man was distressed while windsurfing 150 yards off of the south Pierhead.
“An ice rescue team of four members was dispatched on land and arrived on scene within 15 minutes, at which time the team immediately located the windsurfer, a 34 year-old Sheboygan resident,” the Coast Guard said. “A member of the ice rescue team, Petty Officer 3rd class Brian Rodrigues, entered the water dressed in an immersion suit while tethered to a rock onshore. Rodrigues quickly reached the windsurfer and was able to bring him onto solid ice and pull him safely back to shore.”
The man was released after being looked over by EMS.
