Two People On WaveRunner Fall Into Chicago River, Rescued By Architecture Tour Boat
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CHICAGO (CBS) -- Two people on a WaveRunner fell into the Chicago River and were rescued by an architecture tour boat Saturday afternoon.
Police say the CPD Marine Unit responded around 2:30 p.m. to a call about two people who had fallen off a WaveRunner just west of the Chicago Lock.
A spokesperson for Wendella, a company that runs boat tours along the river, says the water vehicle was carrying two people and flipped over. Wendella employees used a ladder to pull the people out of the water and dropped them off at a CPD Marine Safety Station.
No one was injured. Both of the people were reported to be wearing life vests.
Wendella said, on average, they make rescues like this once or twice a month.
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