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.
31st beach - large response for people in the lake. @cbschicago chopper on scene pic.twitter.com/YzOgCCo5w9
— Greg Kelly (@CBS2Greg) May 20, 2014
Divers searching Lake Michigan off 31st street for victims @cbschicago @RobJohnsonCBS2 @Ksullivancbs2 #breakingnews pic.twitter.com/8oWGmnvNh9
— david parrish (@dparrishcbs2) May 20, 2014
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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