It's midnight last Jan. 10 on Michigan's frozen Lake Murray. Two men on shore hear engines arid are startled to see a parade of red taillights streaking away from land. Six sportsmen, all good friends, have gone out on an exciting snowmobile jaunt-and disaster. What the six don't know is that the wind has split the ice.
Open water lies ahead.
The men on shore see the first red light vanish. One by one, the others disappear. The snowmobiles have followed the leader off the ice into deep water a quarter-mile out. Rescuers rush to help, but four men are dead. Scores of fishermen are miles offshore in cars arid snowmobiles.