Luke Laidley, 43, was on a boat that had several children on a tube when the tube flipped, throwing the children into the water. Laidley jumped into the water to rescue them, but then went under the water for about a minute, officials said.
A man died after jumping into the water to save children from drowning in Lake Michigan near Centennial Park Beach in Winnetka, 16 miles north of downtown Chicago, Illinois, theLuke Laidley, 43, was on a boat that had several children on a tube when the tube flipped, throwing the children into the water. All children were reportedly wearing life jackets. Laidley jumped into the water to rescue them, but then went under the water for about a minute, Winnetka fire officials said, according to AP.
In a similar incident, a Holland, Michigan-area man drowned while attempting to help children return to a boat in Lake Macatawa in Michigan,The incident occurred on the south side of the lake near Kollen Park around 2:30 p.m. when some children fell into the water while tubing behind a pontoon. Though they were wearing life jackets, they began to drift away because of the strong winds driving the current.
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