Overnight, the U.S. Coast Guard searched for a person on a paddleboard who was suffering a medical emergency in Lake Erie.
Just before 10:15 p.m. on Tuesday, the Coast Guard received an alert for a medical emergency aboard a paddleboard near Edgewater Beach, the Coast Guard said.
While the search was underway, the reporting party’s communication line went silent, the Coast Guard said.
Authorities continued the search, with agencies searching via surface assets. After several hours, a helicopter was dispatched along with crews from Detroit.
News 5 photographer Mike Vielhaber was on scene during the search:
Overnight the Coast Guard searched Lake Erie from Wendy Park to Lakewood park with a boat and the helicopter from Detroit. Working to learn more about the search. pic.twitter.com/QqvGyDpZU5
— Mike Vielhaber (@MVielhaber) July 9, 2025
During the search, authorities attempted to ping the caller's phone, but were unsuccessful, the Coast Guard said.
After search efforts yielded no results, the search was suspended.
