ICYMI: Skaters spend more than 15 minutes in frigid Lake Ontario waters after plunging through ice
Officials says a group of people who fell through the ice while skating on Lake Ontario around the Toronto islands early Monday morning are lucky to be alive.
Toronto police said two people were skating and fell through in an area where the water is about 20 feet deep. A third person spotted them from the shore and tried to assist them, but ended up in the water as well. She said the three were wearing heavy winter gear and if the ice they were holding onto had broken off, “they would have gone straight down.”“We got to our first rescue at about 16 minutes. So incredible amount of time to get them but that is not a lot of time in terms of survivability,” he said. “If it was longer than that, I don't know if we would have had the positive outcome.”
He said in frigid conditions such as these, one typically doesn't have more than five minutes or so before the body starts to shut down.“We highly recommend that you check with the local authorities on ice conditions. I do not recommend at any time Lake Ontario as a ice skating,” he said. “We were very lucky today. Great work by all emergency services.”
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