Wood Dale information: Crews resume seek for Hipolito Hernandez who went lacking in reservoir

WOOD DALE, Ill. (WLS) — Search crews resumed their recuperate efforts Wednesday on the lookout for that man who went lacking in a reservoir in Wood Dale.

The DuPage County Forest Preserve Police stated they bought a 911 name simply earlier than 6:30 p.m. Tuesday a few man who allegedly went swimming within the Wood Dale-Itasca reservoir and by no means resurfaced.

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The swimmer’s household arrived on the scene Wednesday morning and are devastated by his disappearance.

“It’s so devastating,” Celia Hernandez, sister of the lacking swimmer, stated. “We couldn’t take care of her son.”

Hernandez is puzzled as crews search the Wood Dale-Itasca Reservoir, she says, for her 52-year-old brother, Hipolito Hernandez, recognized to household as “Polo.”

Hernandez stated the daddy of 5 lived in close by Bensenville.

“He loved to go in ponds,” Celia Hernandez stated. “Drink, get in there, you know…We just lost my mother a month and a half ago. He was the main caregiver.”

Hernandez stated her brother was on the murky reservoir together with his girlfriend on the time he went underwater and by no means resurfaced early Tuesday night.

“He was getting in the water and she says that all of a sudden she saw him going deeper and deeper inside and going down,” Celia Hernandez stated. “That’s when she called 911.”

Emergency crews from surrounding suburbs rushed to the scene, looking for Hernandez earlier than the operation was formally was a restoration mission.

Hours later, crews are utilizing drones, boats and a cadaver canine to search out the person.

“I thought he was fishing,” Laura Susmarski, who noticed the swimmer go within the water. “We have a lot of fishers that fish in there.”

Neighbor Susmarski says she noticed Hernandez get within the water with a reassurance she says from the person’s girlfriend.

“His girlfriend said he’ll be alright,” Susmarski stated. “And then I heard him yelling for her to come swimming and she didn’t want to come swimming. And then I didn’t hear him yelling for her anymore. That’s when I heard the sirens”

Family is anxiously ready close by for any information a few potential discovery because the seek for Hernandez continues.

Swimming is just not allowed within the reservoir.

According to the police chief the reservoir is meant for storm and retention from Salt Creek.