Per Northwestern.com:
"A 35 year old Oshkosh (Wisconsin) man declined assistance during an attempted ice rescue Tuesday, telling emergency personnel the fishing was best in the area he was stationed on a slab of ice.
Joseph Dake used a ladder to get to the ice slab across open water, which was located 1/4 mile out from the Lake Winnebago shore east of 28 Lake Street at 5 p.m., said Lt. John Zimmerman, Winnebago County Sheriff's Department.
'It wasn't a free flowing piece of ice,' Zimmerman said. He added the ice slab was connected to ice that led to shore, but had a large crack in it that had opened up.
The Oshkosh Fire Department deployed a rescue boat to the man. He refused assistance, stating the fishing was good in that area."
I can see Mr. Dake ranting after the rescue personnel were leaving, "Those fools!They ruined it! Their rescue vehicles scared away all the fish. Now I have to go out further."
It reminds me a little of the old guy who lived on Mt. St. Helens who refused to be evacuated shortly before the mountain top was blown off; never to be seen again.
I wonder what Mr. Dake's life insurance agent thinks off all this.
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