Northwestern University rower missing after falling overboard
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Authorities were searching a channel in a north Chicago suburb on Monday for a Northwestern University rower who fell overboard during morning practice, officials said.
The men's team was practicing in the North Shore Channel near the Northwestern campus when a rower fell into the water, Alan Cubbage, vice president for university relations, said in a statement.
A coach was accompanying the rowers in a separate boat and another member of the team went into the water in an effort to rescue the rower, Cubbage said.
.@NorthwesternU officials identify missing student and crew team member as Mohammed Ramzan, 19.
@cbschicagopic.twitter.com/JSXoVXiEit— Audrina Bigos (@AudrinaBigos) April 10, 2017
The rower was not wearing a life jacket, local NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV reported, citing Cubbage.
Crew is a club sport at Northwestern, a private university with about 21,000 students in Evanston, Illinois. The team was founded in 1981, according to the team's website.
(Reporting by Timothy Mclaughlin in Chicago; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)
