Video showed rescue crews jumping from a chopper to save the man who went under.
Police said the 25-year-old went into the water and didn't come back up around 2:13 p.m. The marine unit pulled the man from the lake, got him to shore, and rushed him to Northwestern Hospital.
A witness who didn't want to be interviewed on camera but shared rescue videos with CBS 2, said they heard screaming and, minutes later, the lake was swarmed by police boats, fire boats, U.S. Coast Guard boats, and a helicopter. They said they saw emergency crews give the man CPR before he was rushed to the hospital.
"I have personally noticed more reports of rescues, then the question becomes, have we always had this number of rescues, and it just wasn't reported?" said Dave Benjamin, of theBenjamin added that anytime someone enters the water, they run the risk of serious injury or death. "Over the Labor Day weekend, we had nine Great Lakes drownings," he said."Six of those were in Lake Michigan, and then we've had a few more in Lake Michigan since then. Even though ... swim season is officially over with Labor Day, people continue to go in the water and may find themselves struggling in the water."
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