\nThe 21-year-old woman\u2019s shoulders and head were above the water, but because the wall was a vertical drop of about 5 feet, she could not climb out.<\/p>\n
\nBy laying down he was able to reach the woman\u2019s hand, while Ray grabbed Summers\u2019 legs so he would not fall into the water. Summers pulled the woman up high enough for Ray to reach her other arm and they lifted her to safety.<\/p>\n
\nThe Coast Guard has equipment specifically for ice rescue, Summers said, \u201cbut in this situation we were able to go in directly and rescue her. The victim was becoming less and less responsive; we knew we had to act fast.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nThe Grayslake woman was placed in a hypothermia recovery capsule, made of a fabric designed to use a person’s body heat to assist in re-warming, the Coast Guard reported.<\/p>\n
\nThe sailors then wrapped her in blankets and treated her for hypothermia until paramedics from the Wilmette Fire Department arrived.<\/p>\n
\nWilmette Fire Lt. Mark Cacchione said the woman was \u201cdisoriented, but conscious.\u201d Paramedics transported her to Evanston Hospital where she was reported in stable condition Sunday, the Coast Guard reported.<\/p>\n
\nSummers estimates less than five minutes passed from when Edwards heard the screams to when they had pulled the woman out of the water.<\/p>\n
\nHis bedroom is less than 100 yards from where she was found. Coast Guard personnel did not know how she got in the water.<\/p>\n
\nThe Coast Guard warns people to use caution when walking on or near ice, never go out alone, and remember, \u201cNo ice is safe ice.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Read the original article from WBBM News Radio<\/a>.<\/p>\n Distributed via Chicago Press Release Services<\/a><\/p>\n WILMETTE, Ill.\u00a0(STMW)\u00a0 — A north suburban woman was lucky that a seaman at the U.S. Coast Guard Station in Wilmette wanted some fresh air early Sunday morning. Seaman Reginald Edwards cracked his window open about 1 a.m. before going to sleep when he heard someone screaming for help, Petty Officer Chris Summers told Pioneer Press. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-349439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349439\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/img><\/a>
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