Afternoon Briefing: Search for missing Chicago boaters continues on Lake Michigan
Good afternoon, Chicago.
Curtis Herron and Dexter Sain have been missing since July 27 when they set sail on their new boat over the waters of Lake Michigan. Their loved ones say they were probably giving the boat a test run, as the longtime friends from Chicago had little to no boating experience.
But two weeks of little to no progress has left a void filled with pain and frustration at how the search has been handled. “My family is falling apart,” Terrica Sain, Dexter’s sister, said.
In other news, a high school student was shot in the head during driver’s education class on the Far South Side and a person is in critical condition after a police shooting in Back of the Yards.
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