CRITICAL CONDITION: TWO PEOPLE RESCUED OFF OF 31ST ST AND LAKE MICHIGAN BEACH, CHICAGO

    TUE MAY 20 2014 ~3:27 PM
    CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
    WATER RESCUE/LAKE MICHIGAN
    31ST AND LAKE MICHIGAN CHICAGO, IL

    REPORT OF A PERSON ABOUT 20 FEET OUT STRUGGLING IN THE WATER. REPORT OF TWO OR THREE PEOPLE STUCK IN THE CURRENT OFF OF THE BEACH.

    REPORT OF TWO PEOPLE MISSING AT ABOUT 3:33 PM. LATER REPORT RECEIVED THAT THERE WAS NO THIRD VICTIM.

    BC2 ON ARRIVAL REPORTS TWO OR THREE PEOPLE ARE BELOW SURFACE AND HAVE NOT BEEN LOCATED.

    2-2-1 REPORTS TWO VICTIMS RESCUED BY ABOUT 3:49 PM.

    A1 AND A57 TRANSPORTED TWO VICTIMS TO MERCY HOSPITAL.

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    UPDATE: BOTH VICTIMS WERE MALES, INITIALLY LISTED IN EXTREMELY CRITICAL CONDITION.  ONE MALE, AGE 36, WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 4:20 PM, AND A SECOND MALE, AGE 40, WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 4:24 PM.

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    HELICOPTER 6-8-1 GOING TO PICKUP THE DIVERS AT THE SAFETY MARINE CENTER.

    ALL DIVERS ARE OUT OF THE WATER AT 4:03 PM AND COMPANIES PICKING UP.

    ENGINE(S): E19

    TRUCK(S): T11

    SQD1

    CHIEF(S): BC2
    2-2-1, 2-1-5

    SPECIAL: FAST BOAT 6-8-8, RESCUE HELICOPTER 6-8-1

    EMS: A1 A57 A35 A13.  FOURTH AMBULANCE FOR STANDBY.

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