02-20-2012, 05:43 PM
tragic and avoidable. the ice was only 2 inches thick!
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A suburban Chicago father of three died after he fell through the ice while playing ice hockey with his young son.
Patrick ‘Rocky’ Rorig, 47, fell through two-inch thick ice on the pond behind his house and plummeted into the freezing waters.
He was submerged for 31 minutes before rescuers were able to retrieve his body.
Mr Rorig, who worked as a custom home builder in Johnsburg, is the second person to fall through the ice in the greater Chicago area this month alone.
Justin Ribar, 29, an ice fisherman, died after falling through Pistakee Lake on February 3.
A suburban Chicago father of three died after he fell through the ice while playing ice hockey with his young son.
Patrick ‘Rocky’ Rorig, 47, fell through two-inch thick ice on the pond behind his house and plummeted into the freezing waters.
He was submerged for 31 minutes before rescuers were able to retrieve his body.
Mr Rorig, who worked as a custom home builder in Johnsburg, is the second person to fall through the ice in the greater Chicago area this month alone.
Justin Ribar, 29, an ice fisherman, died after falling through Pistakee Lake on February 3.