The U.S Coast Guard rescued a 25-year-old man attempting to walk across Lake St. Clair Thursday morning.
Coast guard officials say the American citizen stated he was attempting to walk from Detroit to Toronto.
At 9:30 a.m., the lookout from Coast Guard Cutter Neah Bay, a 140-foot ice-breaking tug, spotted a man walking in the middle of frozen Lake St. Clair, about one and a half miles from Seaway Island.
The ice-rescue team deployed on foot to check on the man. When they reached him, the rescue team questioned him, treated him for symptoms of hypothermia and helped him aboard the cutter.
The man was taken to the municipal pier in Algonac, where he was met by emergency medical service personnel and transferred to their care.
"Most of us joined the Coast Guard to protect life," said Lt. Joshua Zike, commanding officer of the Neah Bay. "Our primary mission during the winter months is breaking ice to keep commercial traffic moving, but preserving life will always come first."
Officials say the man was not dressed appropriately for the conditions out on the lake, was not wearing any flotation gear and had no form of communication.
