He told ABC 7 Chicago that he “wasn’t going to let that baby die” and could see that the mother was “too panicked to do anything”.
Cundiff recalled holding the stroller that had the eight-month-old girl in, while treading water for several minutes.
He said they both went under a few times, but were helped up a ladder to safety and taken to hospitals in separate ambulances. Both are in good health.
Jesus fucking christ. I've done a few rough water rescues. Usually tourists who don't know a break, and a few times locals who just get mixed up. Any one can get into a bad situation. But a lake in Chicago? Bruh I'd fucking DIE, and I'm a consider myself a strong swimmer, one of the stronger more skilled watermen or wahine at my break. Like at a beach of a break you are expecting it and people are looking for it, but at a park in winter?
Mad props to this beast.