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Body of man recovered from Lake Michigan near 49th Street Beach

By FOX 32 Digital Staff
Published  September 5, 2023 5:44am CDT
Hyde Park
FOX 32 Chicago

Water rescues in Lake Michigan mar Labor Day weekend

At least 4 people are dead and a handful of others were hospitalized after drowning incidents in Lake Michigan over the holiday weekend.

CHICAGO - A man died after going swimming in Lake Michigan Monday night.

A witness told police that several people jumped in the water around 10:22 p.m. near 49th Street Beach but a 27-year-old did not resurface, police said.

The CPD marine unit responded to the scene and pulled the man from the water. He was transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center where he died a short time later. His identity has not yet been released by the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.

Area One detectives are investigating.

There were a handful of drowning-related incidents during Labor Day weekend. Two bodies were pulled from Lake Michigan hours apart Friday morning on Chicago's North Side. A 14-year-old boy died Monday after going missing for a period of time in Lake Michigan in East Chicago, Indiana.

Most recently, a 46-year-old woman was pulled out of Montrose Harbor and hospitalized in critical condition Tuesday morning.