Overview
- The stroller carrying an 8-month-old rolled into Lake Michigan around 3 p.m. Wednesday at Belmont Harbor on Chicago’s North Side.
- Lio Cundiff jumped in despite not knowing how to swim as bystander Luis Kapost extended a jacket as a lifeline while others called 911 and tossed a life ring.
- The baby girl was taken to Lurie Children’s Hospital for observation and was initially listed in good condition, according to police.
- Cundiff was hospitalized overnight for cardiac monitoring and was later discharged, according to subsequent local reports.
- Authorities describe the episode as a weather-driven accident that unfolded during forecast gusts near 40 mph, with frigid lake water heightening the risk.