Overview
- Dive teams resumed operations Wednesday morning after officials reclassified the effort as a recovery mission.
- Lake County Sheriff’s Office joined the U.S. Coast Guard, Illinois Department of Natural Resources and local fire agencies in the effort.
- Rescuers used boats, drones, inflatable crafts, jet skis and underwater dive teams to search behind the breakwater.
- The boy went under the water around 5 p.m. Tuesday near the park’s main parking lot and details on how he submerged remain unknown.
- Searchers paused at sunset Wednesday with no update on his condition; he is believed to be from Wisconsin and his name has not been released.