United States Coast Guard rescues three persons who were in Lake Michigan

View of Lake Michigan near Milwaukee Wisconsin
@Deepizzaguy (113998)
Lake Charles, Louisiana
September 13, 2025 3:18pm CST
Officials with the United States Coast Guard (USCG) answered an emergency call on Thursday September 11 afternoon when a Cirrus SR22 aircraft that took off from an airport near Milwaukee Wisconsin fell into Lake Michigan with three persons aboard. The USCG sent a helicopter and a 45-foot boat which is a single engine aircraft to rescue the three persons aboard the small aircraft and take them to a local hospital to be checked for injuries due to the crash. The condition of the trio is not known. The cause of the airplane accident is being investigated by the authorities. Link is msn.com/en-us/public-s...
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@RebeccasFarm (95944)
• Arvada, Colorado
13h
Oh dear they ought to be more careful George..glad they were saved though.
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• Arvada, Colorado
12h
@Deepizzaguy I guess it couldn't be helped though..accidents happen.
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@Deepizzaguy (113998)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
12h
@RebeccasFarm Most likely what happened.
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@Deepizzaguy (113998)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
12h
I am in agreement with you that people need to be careful while being aboard a small airplane.
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@JudyEv (362773)
• Rockingham, Australia
9h
They were very lucky not to have been killed.
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@Deepizzaguy (113998)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
7h
That is true.
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@AmbiePam (102833)
• United States
14h
I’m so glad they had help so quickly.
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@Deepizzaguy (113998)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
12h
So am I happy that the USCG came to assist the small plane crash victims.
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@snowy22315 (195925)
• United States
12h
Too bad, I doubt this will end well.
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@Deepizzaguy (113998)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
12h
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@RasmaSandra (88880)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
14h
Unless the people know what they're doing they should not be let out on the water,
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@Deepizzaguy (113998)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
12h
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@innertalks (23146)
• Australia
11h
In some ways, it was fortunate that the plane fell onto water and not onto land, as the crash lading might have been a lot worse then.
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@Deepizzaguy (113998)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
7h
Water landings have a higher rate of survival than landings on land.
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@id_peace (16652)
• Singapore
2h
Ouch, I am glad that all three person had been accounted for.
@LindaOHio (200589)
• United States
1h
Thank goodness for the USCG. I hope the three are OK.