Search Underway for Small Child in Lagoon Water at Jackson Park, Chicago IL
Medical EmergencyEmergency crews are searching for a child no older than one year seen in the water near the lagoon behind the museum in Jackson Park. A video from a pedestrian shows the child wearing a pink shirt and blue jeans in the water. Fire, marine, and ambulance units are on scene attempting to locate and rescue the child.
Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 07
08:14
Transcript:
00:00
Yeah, just as you guys know, some of the cameras that we have around Jackson Park by Columbia Drive are all down right now, so we can't sit there and look for this person in water.
00:09
10-4[1]. 323, they in and 5 the ticket, they haven't updated me with anything further.
00:14
The last thing that we had was on the fishing pier in the channel, and that was it.
00:19
The child should have on the pink top jeans and was floating again.
00:23
39. 39. 99. Yeah, do you have anybody else close to that other than 31 who's on gas? I know 22 said she's going, but anybody else close to that, especially if somebody has a good knowledge of that area, it gets a little confusing back there trying to find those spots.
00:41
And Marine might not be able to get to us from there.
00:44
332, I think you just came up, but you're rolling that way, right?
00:46
Now I'm from pulling to the museum.
00:49
You say, is there a channel near the museum draw? Yeah, they're giving us the, it says the fishing pier on the back side near the lagoon part.
00:57
We come all the way around to that back side of the lagoon.
01:00
Okay, three out six outta my door on your box as well.
01:02
Three or four, we close as well.
01:04
We are. We are three or six times.
01:05
Okay, so which one you want me to put you down there?
01:08
32. 2-2.
01:12
Okay, we're going to head over there.
01:14
We'll come back to this traffic accident.
01:15
Since later, we'll head over.
01:16
10-4[1]. 10-4.
01:18
Hey, I'll just be advised that fire gears rolling there's been sending a special rescue page out, which is like a rave, so I see trucks rolling that way as well.
01:28
Ambulance 36.
01:29
We're 15, 215, 215.
01:30
I got that phone back from silver 2014.
01:33
All right, just go ahead and throw a DM on my box for me if you would.
01:37
Go with it.
01:38
This is going to be S& Sam (number withheld).
01:44
Should come back to a Miss (name withheld) laser head somewhere on King Drive, going to this.
01:49
Step 4. Marine Town.
01:50
Maureen.
01:51
Hey, how's going on? I just wanted to see, we got a truck going out there right now, see if the beat card out there for any type of verification.
01:58
Yeah, we got units rolling away trying to locate anything going around to the back side of the lagoon area.
02:04
I see truck 37, engine 63 and ambulance 24 pulling up now.
02:07
Okay, cool, thank you.
02:09
No problem. Cool, four.
02:10
14, I'm going to hear the way off.
02:11
I want to call it, he's saying, into the museum on 57th, and then it's come in to the rear, so make a left, and he's in the back.
02:20
Answer ends from 57.
02:21
Make a left to get to the rear part.
02:23
32.
02:24
32. I see people near the Japanese garden.
02:26
Are all the same people that call? I'm on the opposite side of them near this ledge channel of water.
02:31
Let me know, because 314 is actually on the phone with him and he was saying to enter all for different...
02:36
33. 33. 33.
02:37
333. I know you're on the fire.
02:38
You need to be in a minute, okay?
02:39
The other unit that's trying to go to the back part about a Japanese guard, 3.32.
02:42
3-3-2. I'm not at the job of these guard.
02:44
I'm across from it, so I can't.
02:45
Somebody else might have to go over there, but I don't see anything as of now, but I see people standing there.
02:50
Yeah, we got units coming around on the other side.
02:53
314. 14, go ahead.
02:55
Okay, come in on 59, make a left, and then come towards the rear, you'll see my blue light.
03:03
You gotta go through the grass, so come in, enter the museum on 59, come to the lot, make a left, and then you have to drop through the grass.
03:09
You'll see my light.
03:10
Okay, again, guys, with 314 is telling you guys to enter off of 59, to make a left, come to the rear, but you're gonna have to come through the grass.
03:17
Marine 100[2] and DELF.
03:19
Marine 100[2], go ahead.
03:21
Just to be so as well, does that appear to be bona fide?
03:24
We're not, we don't know yet.
03:25
We're trying to get to the rear of this location.
03:27
I have all the CFD apparatus is on scene, but I'm trying to get a unit to the back.
03:32
All right, my units are all service box.
03:33
1043. We'll walk that.
03:34
23.
03:35
I know you're with fire back there.
03:37
Have you got seen anything yet?
03:38
Negative when I ain't.
03:39
3.30. 30, ma'am.
03:42
Did anybody check south of 57th at Science Drive where it's a little bottle of body of water behind that bridge if you go all the way to the back of the lot to the left?
03:54
14, let me get the air.
03:56
14, go ahead. Okay, so you've got to drive through the walking path.
03:59
Go under the fire dust.
04:00
Get back.
04:01
Is it bona fide? Yes or no?
04:03
Stand by. We're trying to locate the towel.
04:04
I mean, we got a guy on Tins that is feeling the child.
04:06
We're trying to locate the child in the water.
04:13
We're running towards the edge of the pier right now.
04:15
14, you got to air for a minute, y'all.
04:17
Just give us a second, guys, unless you're with fire or with him and can give us more information.
04:21
What location is there? Over at the museum in the back by the lagoon area.
04:27
314, um,
04:29
we don't have eyes on the child, but the collar has a video.
04:32
It does appear to be a really small child in the water with pink shirt, like blue jeans, like a no older than one year's old.
04:43
Ten four.
04:44
You can't put me on seeing up later.
04:45
I got you.
04:46
Three, fourteen. Go ahead.
04:48
You still got the air.
04:49
Okay, so we do got the Marine in route, correct? We'll be able to access where we are.
04:54
They're monitoring as well.
04:55
They're en route over there to you guys.
04:57
Okay. Okay, for us far.
04:58
Marine 100[2], are you still in the air?
05:00
Ring 100. Okay, just be advised that 314 did see a video of a small child with the pink shirt blue jeans in the water from one of the pedestrians that were standing by.
05:09
So they haven't laid eyes on the child physically yet.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment; message received or affirmative (OK).
[2]
Marine 100: Chicago Police Department Marine Unit call sign
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Near S DuSable Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60637
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