Found Deceased IL - Eddisa Gicely Concepcion, 22, missing after doing a polar plunge, Lake Michigan, 21 Dec 2018

[cybervampira]

Missing Woman Identified, Lake Michigan Search Continues Near North Avenue Beach

The search for a woman who disappeared after jumping into the water at North Avenue Beach early Friday morning has resumed and she has been identified.

According to a family member, the missing swimmer is Eddisa Gicely Concepcion, a 22-year-old graduate student at UIC. Concepcion’s family says was being adventurous and doing a polar plunge with the two men.

The three jumped into the powerful waves just after 7:00 a.m. Friday.

One man was able to swim to safety. A man riding by on his bicycle captured video of the rescuers pulling a 28-year-old man to shore.

The 22-year-old woman is still missing.

 

[GraceG]

Cold water gasp, also known as the gasp reflex, torso reflex, or cold water inspiratory gasp, occurs when there is a sudden immersion of a person's face in cold water which causes an automatic gasp to breathe in a large volume of air. This is a part of an artifact of human evolution called the mammalian diving reflex exhibited in aquatic mammals (seals, otters, dolphins, whales) which optimizes respiration to allow staying underwater for extended periods of times. Every animal's diving reflex is triggered specifically by cold water contacting the face of a mammal. Water that is warmer than 70ºF does not cause the reflex, and neither does submersion of other body parts. Triathletes and people that regularly participate in cold water events learn the response of the body and train their body to overcome the immediate response to gasp. A novice jumping in a large frigid wave? No.

If this sudden gasp for air happens when you are submerged or when you get doused by a large wave of cold water, you will inhale water, not air. It only takes an inhalation of about five ounces (150 ml) of water to cause drowning. Drowning is a combination of cardiac arrest and suffocation. Water in the lungs compromises your ability to exchange oxygen, and because respiratory movements may occur for up to five minutes when underwater, water can continue to be drawn into your lungs. After 4-5 minutes the person is unconscious and will soon thereafter die. At this point, they are looking for recovery of her body. I hope that happens, for her family's sake.

 

[Inthedetails]

She wanted to do something fun, exciting, and memorable, and it went horribly wrong. RIP, Eddisa.

 

[cybervampira]

Cold water gasp, also known as the gasp reflex, torso reflex, or cold water inspiratory gasp, occurs when there is a sudden immersion of a person's face in cold water which causes an automatic gasp to breathe in a large volume of air. This is a part of an artifact of human evolution called the mammalian diving reflex exhibited in aquatic mammals (seals, otters, dolphins, whales) which optimizes respiration to allow staying underwater for extended periods of times. Every animal's diving reflex is triggered specifically by cold water contacting the face of a mammal. Water that is warmer than 70ºF does not cause the reflex, and neither does submersion of other body parts. Triathletes and people that regularly participate in cold water events learn the response of the body and train their body to overcome the immediate response to gasp. A novice jumping in a large frigid wave? No.

If this sudden gasp for air happens when you are submerged or when you get doused by a large wave of cold water, you will inhale water, not air. It only takes an inhalation of about five ounces (150 ml) of water to cause drowning. Drowning is a combination of cardiac arrest and suffocation. Water in the lungs compromises your ability to exchange oxygen, and because respiratory movements may occur for up to five minutes when underwater, water can continue to be drawn into your lungs. After 4-5 minutes the person is unconscious and will soon thereafter die. At this point, they are looking for recovery of her body. I hope that happens, for her family's sake.

I‘m afraid you are right.

BTW: Love your informative and knowledgeable posts! Good to read people who have been around the block.

 

[cybervampira]

Video at link.

Vigil to be held for woman missing in Lake Michigan

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The Chicago Fire Department rescued two of the swimmers, but called off the search due to conditions before Concepcion was found.

Her family is still hoping she will be found alive.

"We believe it is not the end until God says it's the end," said mother Maria Centeno. "Until they say different, she is out there. And she is waiting to get rescued."

The vigil was scheduled for 5 p.m. near North Avenue Beach.

 

[rainynights]

Woman Missing From Lake Michigan Remembered By Loved Ones

(*video at link)

 

[doodles1211]

Cold water gasp, also known as the gasp reflex, torso reflex, or cold water inspiratory gasp, occurs when there is a sudden immersion of a person's face in cold water which causes an automatic gasp to breathe in a large volume of air. This is a part of an artifact of human evolution called the mammalian diving reflex exhibited in aquatic mammals (seals, otters, dolphins, whales) which optimizes respiration to allow staying underwater for extended periods of times. Every animal's diving reflex is triggered specifically by cold water contacting the face of a mammal. Water that is warmer than 70ºF does not cause the reflex, and neither does submersion of other body parts. Triathletes and people that regularly participate in cold water events learn the response of the body and train their body to overcome the immediate response to gasp. A novice jumping in a large frigid wave? No.

If this sudden gasp for air happens when you are submerged or when you get doused by a large wave of cold water, you will inhale water, not air. It only takes an inhalation of about five ounces (150 ml) of water to cause drowning. Drowning is a combination of cardiac arrest and suffocation. Water in the lungs compromises your ability to exchange oxygen, and because respiratory movements may occur for up to five minutes when underwater, water can continue to be drawn into your lungs. After 4-5 minutes the person is unconscious and will soon thereafter die. At this point, they are looking for recovery of her body. I hope that happens, for her family's sake.

I can attest to the gasp. I have done the polar plunge before. It was awful.

 

[SpanishMossAntiques]

She still has not been found... In 2018, 42 people have died in Lake Michigan, making it the deadliest year on record.

 

[Gardener1850]

Unidentified Woman's body washed up on Lake Michigan Beach:
MI - Body of unidentified female washes up on Lake Michigan beach, 31-March-2019

 

[GraceG]

Unidentified Woman's body washed up on Lake Michigan Beach:
MI - Body of unidentified female washes up on Lake Michigan beach, 31-March-2019

I hope the family gets closure. I've lived on the Great Lakes 17 years out of the last 25 (Lake Erie and Lake Michigan). I never went into the water, the rip currents can be worse than an ocean due to the shallowness of the water.

 

[cybervampira]

Body Found On Lake Michigan Shore Identified As Missing Chicago Woman

The body found along the shore of Lake Michigan on Sunday has been identified as a Chicago woman. Eddisa Concepcion Herrera was last seen on December 21 when she jumped into the lake at the North Avenue Beach in Chicago.

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