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WINNETKA, Ill. — A Chicago-area man jumped from a boat into Lake Michigan to help at least one child who fell off a raft the boat was towing but eventually
Good afternoon, Chicago. What started as a day of fun on Lake Michigan turned tragic when a man who jumped from a boat to help a group of kids struggling in the water near Elder Lane Beach in Winnetka drowned, authorities said. Winnetka Fire Chief John Ripka said the man, identified by the Cook County medical examiner’s office as Luke Laidley, 43, was in a boat with a group of other people .
A Winnetka man died after being pulled from Lake Michigan near Centennial Park Beach. The Cook County medical examiner s office identified the man as 43-year-old Luke Laidley.