A 40-year-old Montgomery City, Missouri man passed away after attempting to rescue two kids from Lake Michigan at North Beach in Racine, Sunday, August 22.
The Racine County Sheriff’s Office announced that on Saturday, at approximately 3:04 p.m., deputies were dispatched to North Beach for an individual who was unaccounted for after he went into Lake Michigan at North Beach.
Initial reports indicate that two male children were in the water just to the north of North Pier by large rocks and showed that they were in distress.
"The kids were pretty excited to see all of the responses, we knew that it was not a obviously good sign to see that at the beach," said beach goer Katie Borkowski.
She said when her family saw the various first responders, right away she thought of the other stories this summer.