CHICAGO - A 24-year-old Chicago student was dangerously walking off the shore of frozen Lake Michigan, where emergency personnel escorted him off the ice Friday morning.
A 911 call was made by bystanders who were concerned, as the student was over 1,000 feet off the shore at Promontory Point, just across the street of the Museum of Science and Industry.
The water is around 20-feet deep in the area."I was strolling on ice because I found it was solid, and I found it relaxing," the student said. "I heard police sirens, so I came back."Once rescued, he told the Chicago Fire Department that he didn't know he was on water.
CFD Marine Unit Chief Jason Locke said the man is a local college student from abroad. CFD Marine Unit Chief Jason Locke said a man spotted walking on Lake Michigan ice Friday morning was more than 1,000 feet offshore."He was out just for a walk back home … he had no idea he was on the ice at first," Locke said. "He was more than 1,000 feet offshore on broken ice." On the way back in, Locke said rescue crews were hitting patches of open water, proving the situation to be dangerous.