Toddler In Critical Condition After High Winds Blow Him Into Lake Michigan

CHICAGO — High winds apparently blew a stroller with a 2-year-old boy inside into Lake Michigan in the Lakeview neighborhood.

The toddler’s grandfather went into the water at Belmont Harbor after the child. The boy was reported in critical condition at Children’s Memorial Hospital. He was unconscious when pulled from the harbor, and reportedly had been underwater for nearly 15 minutes. The grandfather, who appeared to be in his 60s and reportedly spoke very little English, was in fair condition at St. Joseph Hospital, where he was being treated for exposure.
Fire crews got the call at 2:36 p.m. Friday to respond to the 3200 block of North Lake Shore Drive for a report of a person in the water, according to Fire Media Affairs Cmdr. Will Knight.

The grandfather was taking the toddler, who was in a stroller, out for a walk along the lakefront near Belmont Harbor when high winds blew the stroller into the lake, according to Fire Media Affairs Director Larry Langford.
The man went into the lake after the toddler, who was wearing a diaper. The baby was probably submerged in the water for at least 15 minutes, Langford said.
Fire Media Asst. Director Eve Rodriguez said the man was pulled out of the water almost immediately, while divers had to go into the water to search for the baby, who was still strapped into the stroller.
The water temperature was 42 degrees, according to Rodriguez, who said the water was 10 to 12 feet deep in that area.

Anna Kournikova Refuses to Marry her Long time Love, Enrique Iglesias

Spanish pop singer Enrique Iglesias says he has tried repeatedly to convince his girlfriend Anna Kournikova to marry him — with no luck.

Iglesias spoke to reporters Friday after arriving in the Dominican Republic for the first of nine concerts planned across Latin America.
Iglesias says he’s been involved with the tennis star for at least three years and says she keeps ignoring his appeals to wed. In his words,
“I always try, but she pays me no attention.”

The Madrid-born artist is the son of crooner Julio Iglesias.

Isaiah Thomas Removed As Head Coach for the NY Knicks

The Isaiah Thomas era officially ended Friday, and a major Knicks rebuilding project is now under way.

     

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Isiah Thomas had a .341 winning percentage as the Knicks coach.

 Donnie Walsh, who two weeks ago replaced Thomas as the team president, removed Thomas as coach, but said he would remain with the team, although without a title or specified responsibilities.

“I value Isiah’s knowledge of the game and his opinion,” Walsh said in a conference call Friday afternoon. “I will use him as a resource. He will be reporting to me.”

Walsh said that James Dolin the Madison Square Garden chairman who stripped Thomas of the team presidency on April 2 in favor of Walsh, had no input in the decision.

“I just believe a new voice, a new coach, is necessary to change the direction of the team,” Walsh said. “This is a coveted job. People want to coach here.”

Since being hired, Walsh, who hired Thomas to coach Indiana in 2000, had promised not to make a hasty decision on Thomas. But the outcome seemed inevitable in light of Thomas’s poor record.

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