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15-year-old boy dies after being pulled from Lake Michigan by lifeguards
July 27, 2013|By James Fillmore (jfillmore@wsbt.com) | WSBT-TV

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NEW BUFFALO-- Red flags on the beach and the waters of Lake Michigan prove unforgiving once again this weekend as a teenage swimmer got caught in rip current conditions off the beach of New Buffalo.

The New Buffalo Police Chief says the 15-year-old boy was pronounced dead around 8:20 Saturday evening.

The chief doesn't want to identify the boy because he's a minor but does say the victim is from Tinley Park, Illinois.

The teenager was initially taken to St. Anthony's in Michigan City and eventually airlifted to Chicago.

The incident was alarming for those visiting New Buffalo this weekend.

Star Auerbach is from Louisville, Kentucky and is in New Buffalo on vacation with family.

She says, "It's really frightening that that can happen and hopefully they just have good lifeguards that watch out so that it doesn't happen again."

The dangerous conditions and colder weather have kept them admiring the water from a safe distance.

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BEVERLY SHORES | A Lafayette man was hospitalized in critical condition Saturday night after he started to drown while swimming in high waves off Lakeview Beach at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.

Gonzola Silva, 37, of Lafayette, Ind., was spotted by family members struggling in the water about 5:30 p.m. and several went out to attempt to rescue him, said Ken Mehne, a law enforcement specialist for the National Park Service.

Those family members in turn got into trouble in the high surf. When rescuers arrived, two of them had to be pulled from the water, Mehne said.

Rescuers at the scene included National Park Service rangers, the Beverly Shores Fire Department and the Porter Fire Department with its dive team.

Once those two people were pulled to safety, Silva was spotted about 40 yards to the west and about 10 yards out from shore. When he was brought in to shore he was nonresponsive. Emergency medical personnel attempted to revive him. He was then rushed to Franciscan St. Anthony Health hospital in Michigan City, Mehne said.

As of 8 p.m. Saturday, Silva remained in critical condition on a respirator at the hospital, Mehne said.

Mehne said waves were 3 to 5 feet high off Lakeview Beach on Saturday and the National Weather Service had issued a beach hazard warning for the area.

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A 15-year-old boy and a 37-year-old man are dead after two separate water emergencies Saturday afternoon.

The unidentified teenager, from Tinley Park, Ill., was swimming around 3:35 p.m. EST, about 100 feet offshore from the city’s public beach. Waves of three to six feet and northwest winds of 10 to 20 miles per hour issued rip currents, which began to drag the teen toward the center of the lake.

According to New Buffalo Police Chief Larry Pitchford, a team of lifeguards ran into the water and managed to grab hold of the teen, who was not wearing a life jacket. CPR was administered on the beach until Medic One transported him to Franciscan St. Anthony’s Health Hospital in Michigan City. He was later airlifted to the University of Chicago Medical Center where doctors pronounced him dead at 9:21 p.m. EST Saturday.

Despite this being New Buffalo’s first drowning this year, Chief Pitchford said city lifeguards have performed 25 rescues since Memorial Day weekend. He also said red flags were on display Saturday, warning beach-goers of the rip current hazards.

The other local water incident took place at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore near Beverly Shores, Ind. in Porter County.
Around 6:30 p.m. EST, Gonzola Silva, 37, of Lafayette, Ind. was swimming with several other individuals along Lakeview Beach when he became distressed and went underwater.

Two family members attempted to help Silva, but were also overcome by rip currents. National Park Service Rangers, the Beverly Shores Fire Department and Porter Fire Department Water Rescue Team managed to rescue Silva’s family members.

The 37-year-old’s body surfaced some 20 minutes later in choppy surf about 10 feet out and 40 feet down shore. First responders immediately started CPR on Silva who was unconscious and not breathing. They later applied an AED to initiate a pulse.

Paramedics transported him to St. Anthony's Hospital in Michigan City in critical condition. Silva died at around 10:30 p.m. EST Saturday.