Why Do Chicago Beaches Ban Flotation Devices?

Curious City

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🗓️ 8 July 2018

⏱️ 6 minutes

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One Chicagoan wonders why Chicago beaches ban things like rafts and boogie boards. But experts say there's good reason to leave them at home.

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0:43.5	Julie Walter says when her kids were young,
0:47.4	she took him to Chicago's foster beach every Friday in the summer.
0:52.9	She remembers seeing parents put those inflatable rings and life jackets on their kids,
0:58.3	but then... The kids go paddling into the water, and the lifeguards just flip out and start screaming at people. You got to take that off. You got to take it off. Julie thought those inflatables
1:01.9	could have made kids safer, so she wants to know why folks can't use flotation devices at Chicago
1:07.3	beaches. I don't totally understand it. Before we start, I should clarify that even though Chicago used to ban life jackets,
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