CITIZENS HELP MAN WITH LIFE PRESERVER IN WATER OFF NAVY PIER, BOAT 6-8-8 CREW PULLS MAN OUT OF WATER
WED JUL 17 2013 ~8:47 PM
CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
WATER RESCUE
NAVY PIER CHICAGO, IL (NORTH END)
REPORT OF AN OLDER MAN IN THE WATER WHO DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE ABLE TO SWIM WITH A CIVILIAN RESCUE ATTEMPTED BY THROWING HIM A LIFE PRESERVER. SEVERAL CIVILIANS TRYING TO HELP AT THE FAR NORTHEAST TIP OF NAVY PIER AND OBSERVED ON CAMERA AT THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT & COMMUNICATIONS.
6-8-8 ON SCENE WITH 6-8-7 (SCUBA TEAM) PULLING UP. 6-8-8 PULLING VICTIM ONTO THE BOAT AND BRINGING VICTIM TO THE AMBULANCE STANDING BY AT THE CTA TURN-AROUND. SQD 1 ALSO ON THE SCENE.
AIR-SEA RESCUE HELICOPTERS 6-8-2 RETURNED.
CFD PULLED THE ONLY VICTIM -- A MALE -- OUT OF LAKE MICHIGAN. PATIENT TRANSPORTED ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT TO NWMH. APPEARS HE MAY HAVE JUMPED.
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