(TAUT DETROIT) – Four people were rescued from Lake Michigan at Grand Haven State Park on Monday.
At 3:55 p.m., the Grand Haven Public Safety Department received reports of two swimmers calling for help.
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In addition to this, MNR park rangers, Ottawa County Marine Patrol Boats, paramedics from Ottawa North Community Hospital and a boat from US Coast Guard Station Grand Haven also responded to the report.
According to a statement, the swimmers formed a human chain and used a lifeline to reach the swimmers.
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They reach one of the two swimmers, but then two people participating in the human chain began to struggle.
Official patrol officers from the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Department were able to rescue the second swimmer and the two human chain members.
Those rescued include two 17-year-old girls from Grand Rapids, a 29-year-old man from Grand Rapids and a 42-year-old man from Oakland County.
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