The diver, whose identity has not yet been released, was taken to Northshore Evanston Hospital where he was pronounced dead. 08/24/2018 WKYC 16-year-old swimmer drowns at Ashtabulas Walnut Beach; 26 Lake Erie fatalities this year. They say it is a dangerous combination. 07/13/2022 FERRYSBURG, MI NORTH BEACH PARK WAVES & DANGEROUS CURRENTS Ryan Leany, M-16, was visiting North Beach Park in Ferrysburg last evening with a church youth group when he got swept away by the waves. Silver Beach lifeguards receive additional training throughout the summer season from U.S. Coast Guard, local law enforcement, and Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project, among others. She died from hypothermia. The latest Arizona headlines, breaking news, in-depth investigations, politics, and local community stories that matter to you. 10/25/2020 MLIVE Why most Lake Michigan beaches dont have lifeguards despite repeated drownings. Once a person figures out which way the current is moving they should swim perpendicular to the current until theyre out of it. The man was also wearing jeans and black hiking-style running shoes/boots. A few second later, Gerard realized someone was in trouble and sprang into action. Strong winds and high waves contributed to the deaths of two kayakers at Lake Superior following a two-day search, officials said. 07/15/2019 WZZM 13 Water safety advocates continue push to bring back lifeguards on Michigan beaches The drowning of a boy in South Haven has ignited the debate again if Michigan beaches need lifeguards. If you enter the water, ease your way in and wear a lifejacket. Its obvious how dangerous Lake Michigan can be. There have been about 350 shipwrecks recorded in Lake Superior and Lake Superior is known to never give up her dead. 04/12/2018 Peter Carey Speaks outat New Buffalo at City Council Meeting to oppose the termination of the beach lifeguards. Cleveland Metroparks police arrived on scene and two officers, a lieutenant and a captain, dived into the water and rescued the occupant from the truck. 08/22/2018 WGN 720 AM The Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project and great water safety tips WGN Radios Patti Vasquez is joined by Dave Benjamin, Director of the Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project to discuss water safety and how you can stay safe while swimming during your aquatic fun. 10/02/2020 Great Lakes Commission Lake Michigan drownings surge to new high in 2020 Drownings in Lake Michigan have reached record levels with at least 53 people dead so far this year, according to the water safety advocacy group the Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project. MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) - A Marquette woman has been sentenced to prison for a fatal crash that happened in October 2020. Lake Superior, Canada side, the Comet. The boy washed up on shore after a short time. Benjamin said lifeguards stationed at the beach would be able to respond more quickly to a drowning or a missing child situation than emergency services. Bob Pratt, director of education, said he teaches people to flip, float and follow when encountering an emergency in the water. Pratt says, wearing one can decrease your risk of drowning. She discussed the citys cash flow projections through September and other additional revenues, noting that if the casino and park were to remain closed throughout the summer, the Municipal Fund would go into the red by October unless the city were to borrow from itself or another source. The cold water. [NOTE: 2018 stats are currently under review for final confirmation], 740 Great Lakes Drownings since 2010 (+/-). But according to the Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project, Lake Michigan has taken 31 lives this year alone, marking it one of the deadliest summers since 2010. The woman was taken to a nearby hospital for further medical treatment, but her condition is not yet known. Swimmers need to be protected from those dangers. While some year-to-year increase in the number of deaths is expected due to the growth and aging of the population, the pandemic has had a significant impact on mortality in Canada . They give the impression that they are able to protect people when they go into the water and thats not the case, said David Richards, city manager. Since 2010, the project has reported 710 drownings on the five lakes, 291 in Lake Michigan. This report presents an overview of provisional U.S. mortality data for 2020, including the first ranking of leading causes of death. His body was found a few feets away . Experts say too often swimmers overestimate their abilities and underestimate dangerous conditions. Yet, more school-age children may die from drowning each year in the United States than die in fires, tornadoes or even school shootings, they said. Besides the usual cold waters this time of year (though Lake Superior can be warmer than the air temps in winter), the Corps pointed to three areas of concern: Submerged Structures. We take the research, statistics and data and break it down, so beachgoers know its one of the leading causes of accidental deaths, which most people dont know, Benjamin said. We need a water safety school curriculum to save future generations from drowning. The odd yet peaceful calm. 26. . 07/14/2020 Fox 17 Search for missing swimmer now a recovery mission in South Haven The Great Lakes Surf Rescue project, a non-profit that keeps tabs of drownings, says so far this year 16 people have already drowned in Lake Michigan. He was part of a group of students taking pictures and playing in the water on Sept. 6. Waves of 2 to 4 feet had been forecast for the lake Monday, with wind gusts up to 20 mph, resulting in potentially dangerous conditions for boaters and swimmers. Bokun never once thought about the dangers of hypothermia while swimming under a waterfall, especially in springtime in Tennessee. 09/06/2018 WNDU ST. JOSEPH, MIEven though Labor Day is over and lifeguards are no longer on duty at beaches, many beach-goers are taking a final advantage of the warm weather. Kyra swam towards Michigan Island, as her father and mother tried to flip the kayak, but it was too heavy. 08/13/2017 WBBMs At Issue: Drowning & Water Safety Every year dozens of people will drown while swimming in Lake Michigan and the other Great Lakes preventable deaths in most cases. A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter can run as high as $16,000 per hour. Her father, a 28-year-old Kenosha man who didnt know how to swim, entered the water to save her. at 8:15 p.m., one operator was thrown into the water. Since 2010, 267 people have drowned in Lake Michigan, nearly half of all 564 Great Lakes drowning deaths. 10/08/2022 BENZIE COUNTY, MI POINT BETSIE, FRANKFORT, MI Nick Walton,M-49 of Lansing, MI Died while competing in a downwind race to Peterson BEach. As part of National Water Safety Month in May, the City of Michigan City and Michigan City Area Schools have collated together in an effort to prevent water emergencies. Beginning May 15, 2017, Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project (GLSRP) will be educating our youth on the necessity of Lakefront Safety. Dont be another statistic. 07/31/2019 Rogers Edge Reporter Wave Warning Once Again on Lakefront Beaches, 07/31/2019 FOX News 11 Great Lakes water levels raise breakwater safety concerns, 07/31/2019 WMUK 102.1 Safety Group Says Great Lakes Drownings Are Preventable, 07/30/2019 Duluth Tribune Lake Michigan drownings up 80% from this time last year. 07/02/2020 Wood TV Family hopes memorial plaque reminds swimmers of Lake Michigan dangers. Sunk on August 21. A cargo and passenger steam ship that suffered a number of maritime accidents before its final wreck into the Manitoba in Whirefish Bay. GLSRP is a non-profit group that tracks drowning statistics and performs presentations and training around the Midwest. A local angler in the area recalled saying, Look at that when he saw the family crowded in the small kayak. A person easily can fall into hidden holes in shelf ice, with little chance of climbing out. The initial lack of response was not concerning for Parry, he said, as it would be months until lifeguards would be needed. 4 UNKNOWN FINAL OUTCOME OR UNKNOWN CAUSE OF DEATH, _______________________________________________, (Last updated 07/15/2022, 10:00 a.m. CST), 74 drownings in 201088 in 201199 in 201267 in 201354 in 201455 in 201599 in 201688 in 2017117 in 201897in 2019108 in 2020101 to date in 20211,047 since 2010, 2021 = 101Lake Michigan = 48 (+2 unknown final outcome)Lake Superior = 5Lake Huron = 13Lake Erie = 22 (+3 unknown final outcomes)Lake Ontario = 13, 2020 = 108Lake Michigan = 56 (+1 unknown condition)Lake Superior = 2Lake Huron = 11Lake Erie = 19Lake Ontario =21 (+1 unknown condition +1 missing), LAKE MICHIGAN = 48 (+2 Last listed in critical condition), LAKE ERIE = 22 (+3 Unknown Final Outcome), 108 Great Lakes Drownings in 202056 of those in Lake Michigan947 Great Lakes Drownings since 2010(Last updated 12/25/2020, 11:00 p.m.), 74 drownings in 201088 in 201199 in 201267 in 201354 in 201455 in 201599 in 201688 in 2017117 in 201897 in 2019109 to date in 2020947 since 2010, 2020 = 109Lake Michigan = 56 (+4 unknown condition)Lake Superior = 2Lake Huron = 11Lake Erie = 18Lake Ontario = 21 (+1 unknown condition), 2019 = 97Lake Michigan = 48Lake Superior = 5Lake Huron = 8Lake Erie = 28Lake Ontario = 9. During his undergraduate studies, Vlodarchyk developed a model to predict the number of drownings based on summer air temperature, precipitation, and ice coverage in the previous winter which relates to lake temperatures. Kyra, the nine-year-old, panickedand jumped out of the kayak, causing it to flip over. Advance registration is required for the meeting. 04/04/2019 Kenosha News Safety Around Water coalition plans May event. 07/31/2020 WZZM Father drowns in Lake Michigan attempting to save his children Dave Benjamin, executive director of the Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project, says theres a common belief that tourists are more likely to drown than locals. Lake Michigan is vulnerable to dangerous waves and currents, Rodriguez said. 06/21/2020 NBC 5 Illinois Coronavirus Updates: New Social Distancing Ambassadors, More People at Beaches Water Safety Concerns Are on the Rise as More People Head to Area Beaches. 09/06/2018 The News Dispatch MICHIGAN CITY A man who fell off the pier in Washington Park onto the rocks on Sunday was pulled from the water by lifeguards and taken to a hospital in stable condition. 06/24/2020 ABC 7 CHICAGO Keeping Chicago beaches closed could be dangerous, safety experts say. This isnt just a little gasp, like the kind youd experience if somebody jumped out of a closet and scared you, says the National Center for Cold Water Safety. By Sept. 2, of 2016, 73 drowning deaths had occurred. 09/02/2017 WZZM 68 people have drowned in the Great Lakes in 2017, 09/02/2017 WISN ABC Surfer helps save man from rough Lake Michigan At Bradford Beach, 09/01/2017 WNEM Report: 68 drownings reported in Great Lakes this year, 09/01/2017 WLNS Great Lakes drownings prompt warning for holiday swimmers. All the parks, pools have been closed, and we have a hot summer in Milwaukee and people want to cool off and theyre going to come down to the beach, he said. The Kenosha Fire Department, which is leading the search efforts, said it had searched the harbor channel and areas near the pier multiple times without success, and said conditions, including strong currents and 6-foot waves, were putting search crews at risk. 07/24/2022 MUSKEGON, MI PERE MARQUETTE BEACH SWIMMING WAVES & DANGEROUS CURRENTS Michael Hooffstetter, M-19, of Grove City, OH Hooffstetter had been swimming with friends when he was overcome by high waves and strong currents near the south breakwall. Note: There was a mix-up of some of the statistical information in the story.46 was the 2016 Lake Michigan Drownings yearend total.If we were comparing Labor Day 2016 with Labor Day 2017By Labor Day 2016 there were 36 Lake Michigan Drownings.By Labor Day 2017 there were 33 Lake Michigan Drownings. Knowing how to swim doesnt mean you wont drown, Benjamin said. MOM SOLE SURVIVOR, PROVIDING DETAILS OF ACCIDENT. Its the only organization collecting data for all drownings across all of the Great Lakes. That operator was retrieved and transported to the University of Chicago for treatment and is listed in critical condition. Also, the report states, most people who drown arent wearing life jackets. Police said shortly before 7 p.m., Wednesday, their marine unit responded to a report that a person fell off a boat in the Playpen near the Jardine Water filtration plant, was pulled back on the boat. Last year was the deadliest on the Great Lakes since the GLSRP began tracking drownings in 2010. A water safety school curriculum needs to be mandated and funded in the Great Lakes region as well as nationwide. Hooffstetter was a Deans List student majoring in criminology and psychology. 09/20/2019 Capital News Service Would lifeguards make the Great Lakes safer? There were 298 drownings on Lake Michigan since 2010 making up about 46 percent of total drownings on the Great Lakes in the past eight years. The psychology of men is that theyre more likely to take risks, to succumb to peer pressure and overestimate their abilities, he said. Lifeguards are trained to recognize the signs of drowning, which Benjamin said many people misunderstand. The Chicago area has already had five people drown in Lake Michigan this year. 09/26/2022 MICHIANA 4000 block of Lakeshore Drive Jason A. Ryno, M-48- from Joliet, Illinois was found on Sept. 26 in the lake near the 4000 block of Lakeshore Drive in Michiana, 09/30/2022 BODY RECOVERED CHICAGO ROGERS PARK John Doe, M- 54 6:50 a.m. in the 1000-block of West Albion Avenue. He was recovered and lifesaving measures were taken, but he succumbed. The flag system is absolutely not enough, said Executive Director Dave Benjamin. Its frustrating to know theres a solution to hundreds of people dying every decade from drownings, yet the powers that be dont do whats right., 07/12/2018 Holland Sentinel Keep safe on the Great Lakes with these tips. Theres been a real push in education the past couple years because the statistics are increasing, said Sue Jennings, a wildlife biologist at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore on Lake Michigan. Zirkle has made it her mission to honor her sons memory and save people from the same tragedy through water safety education. It covers 82,000 sq km (31,700 sq mi) with an average depth of 147 metres or 483 feet. But it wasnt a bullet that killed them. In the spring of 2012, the GLSRP endorsed Flip, Float, and Follow and have been advocating it to the media and public ever since. This year, more people have drowned in Lake Michigan than the other Great Lakes combined. But we got no replies.. Luckily I survived. Officials began a search by 6p.m. A U.S. Geological Research Vessel, the Kiyi, saw a light in the distance, and found Mews with the kayak. Since 2010, there have been more than 850 drownings in the Great Lakes. And so far in 2019, the project is tracking seven drownings, and possibly an additional four, which happened in the last week. Seconds count. But doing that gives people a false sense of security that it wouldnt happen to them or their loved ones, said Benjamin. The spot at East 72nd Street is near where the Gordon Park Fishing Area is located. 09/17/2022 MARBLEHEAD, OH EAST HARBOR STATE PARK The Ohio Dept. Water safety is really important, since 2010 theres been 559 fatal drownings on the five Great Lakes, typically almost half, 47%, happened on Lake Michigan and about half of those happen here at the south end of Lake Michigan so this is one of the most dangerous waters in the country, said Director of Education for Great Lakes surf rescue project, Bob Pratt. The average temperature of the lake is 36 degrees. According to statistics from the Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project, a water safety advocacy organization, Lake Michigan claimed 291 lives between 2010 and 2017. 12/05/2018 Sun Prairie Star Before I researched drowning, diving and spinal cord injuries for the book, I was very nave about potential dangers relating to these water sports, she said. The most recent drowning in Lake Erie according to the GLSRP occurred Friday morning when a man jumped out his boat near Put-in-Bay. As states start to loosen shelter-in-place restrictions and the economy restarts, people want to get out, Benjamin said. 09/24/2018 Kenosha News Committees approve installing life rings, education resolution, violation penalties In the wake of four lakefront drownings here the past two years, including most recently high school student Donovan Anderson, the city of Kenosha is moving toward a comprehensive approach to upgrade water safety.