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Arlington Heights mom dies saving boy in Wisconsin lake | |
July 25, 2014 An Arlington Heights single mother of two died Tuesday after saving the life of a 9-year-old boy in a northern Wisconsin lake. Karen Wessel, 47, was vacationing with her son, her sister, a friend and two other children in Star Lake, Wisconsin, this week. The three children were swimming from a sandbar back to the shore of Star Lake when they started to struggle. "It's a horrible tragedy. She is a hero," said Karen Wessel's sister. Source: http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20140724/news/140729136/ |