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USCG rescues a man whose boat ran aground on a small lake in Lake Michigan

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122313) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 9 Sep 23

The officials of the United States Coast Guard (USCG) located in Sault Ste. Marie in Michigan answered an emergency call from an eyewitness of a 70 year old man who was inside a sailboat that had no engine running, no sail and a...

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Chicago Firefighters rescue a runaway dog who was in an ice drift in Lake Michigan

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122313) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 3 Feb 22

A seven year old Alaskan klee kai named Pepper managed to run away from his owner on Tuesday morning and ran into an ice drift 500 feet from shore into Lake Michigan. A Chicago police officer who was in the area contacted the...

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A Michigan mom to be rescues three children from drowning in Lake Michigan

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122313) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 29 May 21

I admire the act of heroism of Alyssa Dewitt who is expecting a child four months from now since she showed her heart of compassion by jumping into Lake Michigan and saving three children who are under the age of 15 on Wednesday...

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A rescue of a dog that fell into Lake Michigan during a boat trip.

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122313) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 28 Jul 20

Kim and Nick Oberman are thankful that a couple who owns the Jacobson Marina in Frankfort Michigan named Lori and John Sayra were able to assist the Oberman family find their own year old female dog Roxy. The Oberman family were...

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Strangers rescue a man who fell into Lake Michigan to retrieve a flip flop

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122313) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 19 Jul 20

This story is kind of odd since on Saturday evening at the Grand Haven pier when a dad jumped into Lake Michigan to retrieve a flip flop that fell off of his child. After the dad had a tough time trying to get out of Lake...

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Milwaukee firefighters rescue a dog that fell into Lake Michigan

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122313) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 1 Feb 20

Just call it luck or Divine Intervention in Milwaukee when a bulldog named Tuff went to fetch a stick when he walked on the icy waters of Lake Michigan when Tuff fell into the icy water for a period of over 10 minutes. The Divine...

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Finally Thawing

Natalie Frank @writereditor (32) • Chicago, Illinois 3 Mar 18

The weather where I live is quite different from the south where I grew up. There are frequently negative temperatures in the winter which keep dropping lower with the wind chill and even when it is in the positive digits the...

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enjoy sunrise on the beach on new year day

omchesunche @omchesunche (1754) • Indonesia 30 Dec 11

As we are aware, we sometimes get bored to celebrate new year in the same mode years after years. We usually going to watch the fireworks at downtown and spend most of times with crowd of people. I have experienced to spend the...

new years at beach

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Snowzilla blows through the US... but leaves few deaths in her wake.

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 8 Feb 11

The old Chinese curse says, "May you live in interesting times". Well, life got more than just interesting for over 100,000,000 Americans during last week's Snowzilla blizzards. It hit everyone from the South Rockies to New...

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swimming in Lake Michigan...

macdingolinger @macdingolinger (10385) • United States 1 Jun 10

I took my nephew to Chicago over the long weekend. The highlight for him was getting to swim in Lake Michigan. I was surprised at this because we saw and did so many things. I didn't even know he liked to swim so much!Where was...

favorite swimming hole

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Which beach is nearest to you? Do you go there often?

PeacefulWmn9 @PeacefulWmn9 (10420) • United States 9 Jun 09

I love water and almost everything about it. I live in Michigan, USA, which is bordered on three sides by the beautiful five Great Lakes, which look very much like oceans because of their size. Lake Michigan, one of them, is only...

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Surf Sheboygan, WI!!!

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 19 Sep 07

Autumn has fallen on Wisconsin, which means 3 things. The air's a little cooler, the leaves are a lot brighter and the surfers hit the beach. Yeah, the 3 foot swells aren't as dramatic as the curls in Hawaii or California, but...

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Buckingham Fountain

nehrlas @nehrlas (202) • United States 12 Sep 07

The Buckingham Fountain is one of Chicago's favorite attractions. The fountain is beautiful, but I couldn't figure out what the draw was to this fountain. I know its the largest fountain in the world, I know it has history and...

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When was the last time you flew a kite?

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 12 Jul 07

A lot of people consider kites just toys for kids. They couldn't be more wrong. Kites are great fun to fly! I had two kites, but one got lost to the wind and Lake Michigan recently. Depending on the wind, flying a kite can be...

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Toy Air Plane Crashed Into Lake Michigan

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 5 Jun 07

Yesterday, an aircraft from Toy Air took off from Mitchell Airfield in Milwaukee. A distress signal was sent shortly after take off. It hit the water of Lake Michigan around 4pm. Aboard the aircraft was a heart transplant team...

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