TWELVE RESCUED FROM BOAT HITTING THE BREAKWATER NEAR SOUTH LAKE SHORE DRIVE, CHICAGO

THU SEP 05 2013 ~6:15 PM
CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
WATER RESCUE
4600 SOUTH LAKE SHORE DRIVE CHICAGO, IL

ABOUT 12 PEOPLE RESCUED FROM A BOAT IN DISTRESS ON LAKE MICHIGAN

FIRE DEPARTMENT RESCUE CREWS RESPONDED AND DISCOVERED A BOAT HITTING THE BREAK WALL.

ALL 12 PASSENGERS WERE TRANSFERRED TO CPD MARINE UNIT BOAT.  NO INJURIES REPORTED.





12 Rescued From Boat That Crashed into Breakwall http://t.co/H93ZE8trRx pic.twitter.com/vpmhUT0fbv

— NBC Chicago (@nbcchicago) September 6, 2013



THE BOAT WAS "DISABLED" WITH "SOME DAMAGE."

NWS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 P.M. FOR LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WINTHROP HARBOR TO GARY, INDIANA BECAUSE OF WAVES THAT COULD REACH NINE FEET.

NWS: SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS EXPERIENCE OF THE MARINERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER SHIPS, IS A FACTOR IN ATTEMPTING TO NAVIGATE IN ROUGH CONDITIONS. INEXPERIENCED CAPTAINS SHOULD AVOID ROUGH CONDITIONS.

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