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Visitation and funeral set for Luke Laidley, who drowned saving child in Lake Michigan

Visitation and funeral set for Winnetka man who drowned saving child
Visitation and funeral set for Winnetka man who drowned saving child 00:32

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Memorial services have been set for a Winnetka father who drowned in Lake Michigan while saving a child.

Visitation for Luke Laidley will be at McMurrough Funeral Chapel in Libertyville on Friday, July 14, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

A funeral mass will follow on Saturday, July 15, at 10 a.m. at St. Joseph Church in Libertyville.

The 43-year-old drowned in Lake Michigan on Tuesday, after jumping from a boat to help a child who was struggling. The child had fallen in while tubing off the boat.

Laidley, a 9/11 survivor who was working in the World Trade Center at the time of the terrorist attacks in 2001, leaves behind a wife and three children.

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