RESCUE/REMOVAL OF WOMAN FROM THE CHICAGO RIVER ON WACKER DR SIDE, JUST EAST OF MICHIGAN AVE, CHICAGO

    TUE DEC 17 2013 ~3:50 AM
    CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
    PERSON IN THE WATER
    41.888509,-87.62335 (WACKER DR AND MICHIGAN AVE CHICAGO, IL)

    UPDATE: WOMAN WALKING WITH TWO FRIENDS TO OMNI HOTEL SLIPPED AND FELL INTO RIVER. TRANSPORTED TO NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND PRONOUNCED DEAD AFTER ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT/CPR.

    BC 1 ON ARRIVAL REPORTS COMPANIES SHOULD APPROACH ON LOWER WACKER NEAR MICHIGAN AVENUE -- EAST SIDE OF MICHIGAN ON THE WACKER STREET SIDE OF THE RIVER -- FOR A PERSON IN THE WATER. BONAFIDE INCIDENT WITH DIVERS GOING INTO THE WATER AT 4:04 AM. VICTIM OUT OF THE WATER AT 4:12 AM AND RETRIEVING DIVERS OUT OF THE WATER.
    ENGINE(S): ENG 2, ENG 13

    SQD 1

    HELICOPTER 6-8-2, SPECIAL OPS 5-1-5

     6-8-6 (SCUBA DISTRICT CHIEF), 6-8-7 (SCUBA TEAM UNIT)

    AMB 42 TRANSPORT ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT,  AMB 41 RELEASED.


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