The Chicago police’s Marine unit was searching for a missing swimmer on Thursday afternoon after two people were reported in distress in Lake Michigan off of Rainbow Beach on the city’s South Side.

Authorities responded to the water after a 30-year-old woman and a 33-year-old man began having trouble in the water near the 3100 block of East 77th Street around 12:50 p.m., police said.

The woman was safely recovered from the water and taken to UC Medicine in good condition, while the man hadn’t surfaced, police said.

The Marine unit remained on the scene to continue their search of the lake.

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