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Water rescue call for possible jumper near West End Ave, Chicago IL

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Near W West End Ave, Chicago, IL 60644

There was a report of a possible person jumping off a footbridge near West End Avenue. Authorities are coordinating a search of the river to locate the individual, though no one has confirmed seeing someone in the water.

Audio|Source: Westcom Fire Dispatch
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Transcript:
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Park, Water Rescue, 7700 West End Avenue, Ambulance 408, and Engine 402.
00:22
Hey, Forest Park, yeah,
00:24
PD got word a while back from a hand waiver that they saw someone jump off the footbridge. At this time, PD is asking to meet him in the Van Buren lock, coordinating with them on how you want to proceed. If we're going to start checking the river for this person, they did say at this point, they did not witness it, they did not see someone in the river,
00:45
they just want to be able to be able to coordinate how to proceed.
00:59
In Forest Park, I just text with CD, the witness is no longer up.

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Near W West End Ave, Chicago, IL 60644
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