Emergency responders tackled an early morning rescue in Cudahy on Monday, July 29 -- just hours before two fire departments were training for the exact same thing. "We are a lakeside community, and with that community -- the lakeside has hazards," said Robert Schmidt, battalion chief for the Cudahy Fire Department.
The dangers were all too real in Cudahy Monday morning. Officials said a man jumped from the bluff in Warnimont Park in a suicide attempt.
"They found him in the water," Schmidt said. "The water was relatively shallow. It was up to his knees."
The man was rescued alive with minor injuries, thanks, in part, to training exercises.