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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Ramon Antonio Vargas

Rescuer who jumped into icy Chicago lake to save baby: ‘All I did was a human act’

Lio Cundiff smiles into a mirror and holds up a phone while taking a picture
Lio Cundiff has implored everyone in the US to ‘just take care of one another’ after saving a baby blown into Lake Michigan on 17 February. Photograph: Courtesy of Lio Cundiff

A Chicagoan who recently jumped into a perilously cold lake to help rescue a baby whose stroller was blown into the water by a wind gust has implored everyone in the US to “just take care of one another”.

In an interview on Tuesday, Lio Cundiff, who is a trans man, said of himself: “All I did was a human act. I’m just a human who did the most human thing you could do – which is save someone who can’t save themselves.”

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