Chicago-area man who drowned trying to save kids in Lake Michigan was 9/11 survivor
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Luke Laidley, 43, of Winnetka, Illinois, who drowned trying to rescue at least one child from Lake Michigan, reportedly survived the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center.
The Winnetka man went underwater before being pulled from the lake by others on the boat. Laidley died later Tuesday at an Evanston hospital and the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office determined his manner of death was drowning, said Natalia Derevyanny, an office spokeswoman.
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