Ginger Zee threw herself into the deep end during her latest weather segment on Good Morning America.
In a prerecorded package aired on the show’s Tuesday, March 3, episode, Zee taught viewers about the importance of being safe on frozen bodies of water. “From falling through it to rescuing someone in it, icy water under frozen rivers and lakes can be deadly,” she stated. “So, we came here to Logansport, Indiana, and this huge frozen quarry. But how can you tell how thick the ice is? And what if I were to fall in? How do you survive?”
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