BEACH PARK, Ill. (WLS) -- A woman was critically injured and her teen daughter was also hospitalized after a water rescue Thursday at Illinois State beach Park.

The stretch of state-run beach is open to the public and not monitored by any lifeguards. Local rescuers in Lake County said they're being increasingly stretched thin trying to protect swimmers once they're already in trouble.

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Rescuers rushed to the beach just south of the Wisconsin state border yet again Thursday afternoon to save a swimmer frantic on a hot summer's afternoon.

The water distress incident happened around 4:15 p.m. along the Lake Michigan shoreline, the Beach Park Fire Protection District said.

A woman in her 30s was underwater for about five minutes, fir

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