Celebrations ended tragically this month in Lake Michigan’s “Playpen” area when a boat rammed into a mom of two, leaving her without feet, and another boating accident claimed the life of a man remembered as a “great dad and a great brother.”
Friday afternoon, as Lana Batochir got her vitals taken for the umpteenth time at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where she’s been since an Aug. 13 boating crash, she reflected about the accident.“It’s definitely a very unexpected thing to have happen in your life,” Batochir told the Tribune on a telephone call from her room on Friday afternoon.
“It felt like a nightmare, I almost died. The fact that I’m still here giving my vitals … I definitely feel lucky.” She was on small inflatable raft with others, including her husband, until a few minutes before the accident. As he hauled her through the 70-degree water, she told him, “Babe, my feet are gone. My feet are gone,” but he didn’t believe her and stayed positive until she was up on the boat.“He started screaming, cursing,“ she said. “He saw my right foot completely gone and my left foot was hanging on by my ankle skin.”
“My son wanted to FaceTime and talk to me,” she said. “He said, ‘Momma, no matter what, I love you.’”“She’s a smart, savvy kid. She did cry right away. She said, ‘Momma, I’m crying a lot for you but you’re going to be OK.’ These kids are just amazing.” Williams’ body was found Aug. 21, four days after he went missing near the Jardine Water Purification Plant. Another person who’d also fallen in the water was left in critical condition.
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