PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • March 15, 2023
Maine game wardens and a group of Passamaquoddy warden trainees rescued a couple and two children on Tuesday who became separated and stranded on Moosehead Lake during the snowstorm. Ruby Goodmen, 31, of Greenville, and Joseph Wentworth, 32, of Orland, and two children ages 5 and 2, were ice fishing when the weather began to worsen. Goodmen headed home with the 5-year-old and their dog while Wentworth stayed behind with the 2-year-old to collect their fishing gear. Goodmen left on her snowmobile, but it broke down. She could not see where she was in whiteout conditions. Wardens zeroed in on the locations of the two groups by tracking their GPS coordinates through the 911 calls. Goodmen was about 800 yards from shore, and Wentworth was two miles away from her. Rescue teams located and transported everyone to shore in about 45 minutes. Both children were wet and shivering and had to be wrapped in blankets.