(Courtesy: Sun-Times Media Wire)
CHICAGO (STMW) — A boater helped rescue a man in the Chicago River on Wednesday afternoon in the Loop.
The Fire Department responded about 2:40 p.m. to a report of a person in the river near North State Street and East Wacker Drive, Fire Media Affairs said.
When the police Marine Unit arrived, officers found a civilian boater had helped the man out of the water, police said.
Fire Media Affairs Cmdr. Will Knight said the man was not hospitalized.
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