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Coast Guard Rescues Man In Lake Michigan

CHICAGO (STMW) - Crews from the U.S. Coast Guard rescued a man who was in Lake Michigan near Dusable Harbor Sunday morning.

The rescuers were on routine patrol about 9:20 a.m. when they saw a man in the water near Dusable Harbor who needed help, according to Coast Guard Petty Officer Christian Osborne.

"They picked him right up,'' said Osborne, and paramedics met them at a pier. The man was taken to an unidentified hospital, according to Osborne.

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