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| Press Release |
Date: June 7, 2008
Contact: Petty Officer Bill Colclough |
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OFF-DUTY COAST GUARDSMAN RESCUES MAN CHICAGO -- An off-duty member of Coast Guard Station Calumet Harbor rescued an unconscious 30-year-old man from the water approximately 100 yards north of North Avenue beach today between 1 and 1:30 p.m. "I was playing volleyball just north of the beach, when there was a commotion. Some people were looking for a lifeguard," said Port Security Specialist 3rd Class Joshua Bubinas, Chicagoan and reservist. Bubinas approached a ledge near the beach with an 8-10-foot height from the water when he saw a man struggling and treading water. "When he couldn't answer questions and went under, I jumped in," said Bubinas. "He must have been winded." Bubinas had one hand on the ledge and one holding the 30-year-old in the near-65 degree water. A Chicago Park District lifeboat arrived on-scene to transfer the man back to shore. "We got him up on the Chicago lifeboat, and I stuck around till the EMT arrived," said Bubinas. Bubinas has been with the station for two years and enlisted in the Coast Guard four years ago. ###
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