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Man pulled from water at suburban Chicago beach, officials say

Swimmer pulled from Lake at Illinois State Beach Park
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ZION, Ill (CBS) — A 26-year-old man was pulled from Lake Michigan at a beach in Zion, Illinois, hours after going for a swim Saturday night.

The Beach Park Fire Department responded to the Adeline Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State Park around 8:13 p.m. for a person in water distress.

Crews on the scene began a surface scan of the last seen point for the swimmer.

The swimmer was found and removed by rescue divers around 10 p.m. 

He was then taken by paramedics to Vista Medical Center in Waukegan, Illinois, in an unknown condition. 

Earlier this month, also near Zion, a 15-year-old girl died after she was found in the water unresponsive.

No further information was available. 

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