Overview

• Chicago Fire Department crews pulled a 39-year-old man from Lake Michigan around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday at Kathy Osterman Beach in Edgewater.
• He was transported to Illinois Masonic Medical Center and remains in critical condition.
• Area Three detectives from the Chicago Police Department have launched an investigation into the circumstances of the incident.
• It is unclear why the man entered the water prior to his rescue.
• This incident is the latest in a summer pattern of lakefront emergencies that have revealed seasonal safety gaps at Chicago beaches.