Tangled Line Contributes To Drowning On Lake Superior

A tangled sailboat line contributes to the drowning of a 68-year-old Marshfield man in Lake Superior. Bayfield County sheriff’s deputies say Stanley Szczytko (suh chit’ko) was trying to untangle a line connected to a sail on the 42 foot boat, and he was pulled overboard as the line was freed. He was found about 20 minutes later submerged in the lake between Long Island and Houghton Point. Szczytko was taken to the Washburn Marina where paramedics tried but failed to revive him. The U-S Coast Guard responded after a woman on the boat called for help.