Royal Oak Native Drowns At Chicago Beach

ROYAL OAK, MI — A 28-year-old Royal Oak native has drowned. Christopher Charnow died while swimming near a beach on Chicago’s north side on Saturday, according to a Detroit News report. A second man also drowned at another Chicago-area beach.

According to his profile on LinkedIn, Charnow worked in program management for Citadel, LLC in Chicago since early 2016. The profile states that he graduated from the University of Michigan in 2011 with a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering.

“The deaths that came on a weekend that the National Weather warned people to stay out of the water because of dangerous swimming conditions along Lake Michigan’s shores in Illinois and Indiana. The high waves prompted the city to ban swimming on Saturday at 16 beaches.”

For more, go to the Detroit News.

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