‘Screaming’: Witnesses recount harrowing moments as man disappeared in suburban reservoir

UPDATE: Authorities recovered a body from the reservoir Wednesday night, according to the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County.

Crews were expected to return Wednesday to a suburban reservoir to search for a man who went missing while swimming in the restricted waters — a chaotic scene witnesses said they heard loudly unfold hours earlier.

Around 7 p.m. Tuesday, Wood Dale Fire Protection District officials responded to a report and video showing a person in the Wood Dale Itasca reservoir near the intersection of North Wood Dale Road and School Street, the district said…

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