A swimmer died after going underwater for greater than a part hour Thursday afternoon in Lake Michigan, in keeping with the Chicago Fire Department.
The younger guy become submerged about 1 p.m. at Promontory Point within the 5500 block of South Lake Shore Drive, in keeping with CFD spokesman Larry Merritt.
Divers have been looking for him in “very rough” waters till pulling him out about 40 to 45 mins later, the dept stated on Twitter.
He was once taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, the place he was once pronounced useless, the dept stated.
“Please keep in mind Lake Michigan is turbulent with severe undertow,” the dept stated in on Twitter. “Beaches are closed and rock walls are especially dangerous to swim near. A CFD rescue diver got out of the water and said it was like a ‘washing machine.’ Please stay out of the lake.”
So a ways in 2020, a minimum of 17 folks have drowned in Lake Michigan, in keeping with the Great Lake Surf Project, which tracks drownings.