8 pulled from water near Navy Pier
Eight people were pulled from Lake Michigan this evening east of Navy Pier near the lighthouse, officials said.
The Chicago Fire Department dive team and the Chicago Police Department Marine Unit responded to a call of people in the water on the 600 block of East Grand Avenue just east of navy Pier near the lighthouse, according to Fire Department information and a spokeswoman for the U.S. Coast Guard.
Eight people were pulled from the water and loaded onto a fire boat, fire officials said. Of the eight, two men, both 30, were injured and taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital. One man was listed in fair- to-serious condition and the other in good-to-fair condition, according to fire information.
Apparently, a boat was in distress near the location but there was no immediate information available about the circumstances leading up to incident.
The Chicago Police Marine Unit was involved in the rescue, but there was no immediate information available from Police News Affairs.
Officials pull person from lake off Wilmette beach
The Coast Guard and other emergency personnel recovered a person from the waters of Lake Michigan at Gillson Park in Wilmette this evening.
The search began sometime after 6 p.m. in the water off the beach near Sheridan Road and Michigan Avenue in the North Shore suburb, and the search ended about 7 p.m. when a male of unknown age was pulled from the water.
A witness saw officials pull the person from the water and put him onto a stretcher while performing CPR. The person was then placed into a Wilmette fire ambulance and taken from the scene.
No condition was available.
There were "several companies in Gillson Park for a rescue," said Wilmette Fire Department Duty Chief Paul Berguist. He declined further comment. Wilmette Police referred all calls to the Coast Guard. Officials there would not confirm any information as of 7:55 p.m.
In addition to the Coast Guard and Wilmette, responders from Park Ridge, Deerfield-Bannockburn, Winnetka, Northbrook, Glenview, Highland Park, Evanston, Skokie and Glencoe all were at the scene during the search.
The person was found in the water on the beach side of the jetty that protects the entrance to Wilmette Harbor, which is near the border of Evanston and Wilmette.
