A person who first refused help is brought safely back to Riga , a report says . Several ice floes break off from the Latvian coast and are blown into the Gulf of Riga . Cars and boats carry more than 220 people to safety , emergency officials say . He realized that nearly 50 people were on the ice that had become separated from the shore and being blown out to sea by the prevailing wind . A crack appeared in ice that had been close to the shore , a journalist at the scene says .
A person who first refused help is brought safely back to Riga , a report says . Several ice floes break off from the Latvian coast and are blown into the Gulf of Riga . Cars and boats carry more than 220 people to safety , emergency officials say . A crack appeared in ice that had been close to the shore , a journalist at the scene says .