Crime & Safety

Boy, 5, Rescued From Pool in Skokie

The boy is recovering at Lurie Children's Hospital after a Saturday afternoon rescue at Devonshire Park.

SKOKIE, IL - A 5-year-old boy was rescued from the swimming pool at Devonshire Park in Skokie Saturday afternoon.

The child was breathing and had a pulse when he was taken to Presence Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston shortly after he was pulled from the pool in the 4400 block of Greenwood Street at 3:45 p.m., according to a WGN report.

The boy has been taken to Lurie Children’s Hospital.

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