Search continues for missing man after party boat capsizes on Lake Michigan in Chicago
Chicago Fire sources tell CBS News Chicago this is now a recovery effort after divers were called off late Friday night.
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Chicago Fire sources tell CBS News Chicago this is now a recovery effort after divers were called off late Friday night.
One man is dead, and another man is still missing after boating incidents led to two rescue operations just hours apart near 31st Street Beach in Chicago this weekend.
Police said the boat flipped at 7:33 p.m. just south of 31st Street Harbor.
Divers pulled him from the water, and he was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition.
A woman who had been onboard said the boat was a rented charter, and things started going wrong as they were pulling back into the harbor.
The boat capsized near 31st Street Harbor Friday night. Darius Johnson reports from the scene where he talked with a woman who was on the boat, while Marybel Gonzalez reports from Insight Hospital and Medical Center.
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"We did everything we could to get to them as quickly as we could, and safely," Tonia Logan said.
Heavy flames and a large plume of smoke could be seen coming from a boat on the water around 3:20 p.m.
Both the men on the boat suffered burns, and the boat was destroyed by the fire. Marybel Gonzalez reports.
Marybel Gonzalez reports that two people on the boat were rescued by a Good Samaritan and later taken to Vista East Medical Center in Waukegan. The fire department said they both had non-life-threatening injuries.
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Eduardo Rivera Jr., 45, and Salvador Lopez, 32, both of Elk Grove Village, Illinois, were last seen on July 5 when both jumped off a boat in Lake Michigan near Whiting, Indiana.
Rescue crews were seen near 31st Street Beach just before 5 a.m.
Chicago police said a 38-year-old man was pulled from the water around 5 a.m.
The competition started in 1898 with just five boats; this year, there are 250 sailboats and more than 2,200 sailors.
Noel Brennan reports the competition started in 1898 with just five boats; this year, there are 250 sailboats and more than 2,200 sailors.
They're cruising to Mackinac Island in the 115TH Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac. Noel Brennan reports the race attracts sailors from all over the world.
The 333-mile race from Chicago to Mackinac Island in Michigan is the oldest annual freshwater race.
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Rescue crews and family members have been focusing their search in the Whiting and Hammond areas.
The boaters were spending a day Lake Michigan when conditions took a turn this past Friday afternoon. One man was rescued, but two were still missing as of Monday night. Marybel Gonzalez talked to one of the boaters' families.
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