Nonprofit team recovers body of Naperville diver in Lake Michigan

The body of a Naperville man, who went missing during a Lake Michigan dive on Saturday, Sept. 5, was recovered by a nonprofit search and recovery team.

Naperville resident missing in Lake Michigan

Dr. Michael Jones, 54, went missing while he was on a technical deep-sea scuba dive to explore a shipwreck.

According to a report from the U.S. Coast Guard, Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan Command Center received a notification of a diver who had been exploring a wreckage 17 miles off the Navy Pier shoreline. The Coast Guard was told that the diver had 60 minutes of air supply but had been underwater for 90 minutes.

The Coast Guard began a search with the Chicago Fire Department on scene, but the search was suspended when the units’ assets were exhausted…

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