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Two minors airlifted after swimming incident at Mattheissen State Park · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Two miners airlifted after swimming incident at Mathison State Park.
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  Written by Matthias Warner and Merebeth Wilson. This article is
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  being read by an automated voice brought to you by Everlett.
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  Two boys eleven and twelve were airlifted from Matthiessen State
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  Park on Friday afternoon after a swimming incident at Cascade Falls,
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  Lower Dells. The boys, along with other children on a
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  field trip, were ruehousing and engaging in horseplay in the
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  water when the incident occurred. Illinois Conservation Police Sergeant Phil
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  Wire said emergency responders arrived at the park at twelve
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  fifty five pm, fifteen minutes after the dispatch call. Both boys,
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  who were on a school field trip from Chicago, were
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  conscious and alert when firefighters first made contact with the
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  group at one oh one pm. Oglesby Fire Chief Steve
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  Malta said before first responders arrived, an adult chaperone on
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  the trip performed CPR on one of the boys, who
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  was unconscious upon removal from the water, Wire said. Wire
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  said that both boys were exhibiting signs of distress and
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  shock once they were out of the water, but were
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  stabilized shortly Thereafter, the boys were airlifted to OSF Children's
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  Hospital of Illinois and Peoria as a precaution, the first
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  at two oh one pm and the second at two
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  twenty one pm, to be evaluated for any complications from
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  the incident, Malta said