CHICAGO -- A man was in critical condition after falling into the Chicago River Tuesday afternoon near the South Loop.
Crews were called about 12:10 p.m. for reports that a man had fallen from the Roosevelt Bridge into the Chicago River, according to Fire Media Affairs Director Larry Langford.
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Chicago Fire Department divers located the man, thought to be in his 30s or 40s, and brought him out of the water and onto a waiting Chicago Police Department boat, Langford said. The boat then took the man to a waiting ambulance.
The man was taken in "extremely critical" condition to Stroger Hospital, Langford said.
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Authorities respond after a person was pulled from the Chicago River near Roosevelt Road Tuesday.