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Police Rescue Woman From Water Offshore From Downtown Chicago

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A woman was rescued from Lake Michigan offshore from downtown Chicago Sunday afternoon.

At 2:26 p.m., police Marine Unit officers were called to the lakefront near Lake Shore and Balbo drives and Grant Park for a person in the water.

Officers pulled the woman – age unknown – out of the water and brought her to shore.

The Marine Unit officers used ropes and what appeared to be a life ring to pull the woman into their boat.

The woman was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital for observation in good condition.

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