A University of Chicago student was unaware he was on Lake Michigan when he was rescued about a quarter mile from shore near the Hyde Park neighborhood on the South Side, officials said.
Chicago Fire Department crews responded to a 911 call just after 7 a.m. along the lakeshore, near Promontory Point.
Rescuers told the man he was on the lake and in a dangerous situation as the thickness of the ice varies, Langford said. University of Chicago officials confirmed the man is a student and is not from Chicago. But it’s also hard to determine the thickness of ice on the lake as water continues to move below, Langford said. If someone were to fall in, they could easily slip under the ice, get trapped and drown.
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