World Courant
HAMMOND, Indiana — Crews searched Lake Michigan on Saturday for 2 males from the Chicago suburbs, greater than a day after they disappeared whereas a big group of individuals had been boating alongside the northwestern Indiana shoreline, authorities mentioned.
Robust winds and excessive waves created “very poor situations” on the lake Saturday, hampering the search, Indiana Conservation Officer Alex Neel mentioned.
He mentioned there have been 12 folks on the boat Friday afternoon close to Hammond, Indiana, when a person jumped into the lake to swim. The person started to wrestle, so a second man jumped in to assist him. He was additionally within the water and commenced to wrestle.
A 3rd man then donned a life jacket and went into the lake to assist his two companions, however he additionally started to wrestle earlier than the sturdy winds carried him and the opposite two males from the boat, Neel mentioned.
The 9 different folks on the boat did not know function the vessel, he mentioned. They referred to as 911 and in addition shot off flares. All 9 had been later rescued by conservation officers, who discovered the boat practically 2 1/2 miles (4 kilometers) from the shoreline of Whiting, Indiana, and towed it again to shore, Neel mentioned.
Indiana conservation officers started trying to find the three lacking males at about 2:40 p.m. Friday. Two hours later, the U.S. Coast Guard discovered the person in a life jacket within the lake. He was handled at a hospital and launched.
One of many two lacking males is from the northern Illinois neighborhood of Elk Grove Village, and the opposite man is from the close by village of Mount Prospect, Neel mentioned.
