Boat capsizes on Lake Michigan at 31st Street; one man unaccounted for
CHICAGO -- A man remained unaccounted for Friday night after a boat capsized near 31st Street Beach on Lake Michigan .The boat flipped at 7:33 p.m. just south of 31st Street Harbor, police said. CBS News Chicago has learned more than a dozen people were on the boat.A massive Chicago Police and Fire Department response followed, and the Coast Guard was in the air in a helicopter searching for anyone who might have been left in a water.Wynter Barginear was on the boat.
It'll be OK. As soon as he says that, the boat turns and flips over.'Barginear said her best friend went into the waterâand several people on the boat, including her and her best friend, couldn't swim. She said her husband and four other people were trapped under the boat, and had to break the glass to get out as water came in.Barginear said she was celebrating a cousin's birthday with the group on the boat.
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