Woman located after sailboat capsizes in Lake Michigan near north Chicago suburb
CHICAGO â A woman swam two miles to get help, after her boat capsized in Lake Michigan near north suburban Winnetka on Sunday. Another woman who had been missing was later pulled from the water.The U.S. Coast Guard spent hours searching for the second woman overnight, and pulled her from the water early Monday. Her condition was not immediately available.The sailboat launched out of Evanston on Sunday, and capsized around dusk near Winnetka. Officials said, around 2 a.m.
, one woman onboard the 12-foot sailboat made it to shore after swimming two miles to Tower Road Beach. She told officials a second woman who went missing after the boat flipped was also wearing a life vest. That second woman, who is 50 years old, was brought to shore at Montrose Harbor in Chicago around 7 a.m. Monday, after being found about a mile offshore north of Winnetka. Multiple boats, drones, and helicopters were involved in the search. An ambulance took her to the hospital.
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