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February 17, 2021 7:00 PM Esther Bower
HARRISON, Idaho A 77-year-old woman drowned while trying to save her pet that got loose on Lake Coeur d’Alene.
Leslie Daniels died yesterday after the Kootenai County Dive Team rescued her body and tried to resuscitate her near Harlow Point. Rescuers don’t want to see another life lost to the lake this winter.
“What may look like thick ice, isn’t,” said Chris Way, the Kootenai Fire Chief.
This isn’t the first drowning they’ve had this season. Way says another man lost his life nearby while ice fishing. No matter how thick the ice looks, it can be deceptive. With the winter we’ve had, no ice is thick enough right now, and the only way to test its thickness will put you in great danger.