Tragedy Strikes
The most devastating outcome of Balloonfest took place on Lake Erie. The day prior, two men, Raymond Broderick and Bernard Sulzer, had gone out fishing. They never made it home alive.
Missing Men
When the men failed to return, their families reported them missing to the local authorities. Rescuers had gone out to the lake on the morning of Balloonfest, where their empty boat was found anchored west of the Edgewater Park breakwater.