Off-Duty CFD Captain Drowns In Jackson Park Harbor

CHICAGO, IL - An off-duty Chicago Fire Department captain died overnight from what fire officials say was an apparent drowning at the Jackson Park Harbor. Captain Darryl Moore had been with the CFD since the 1980s, according to updates made on the fire department's social media accounts.

"It is with sadness that we report the death of CFD Captain Darryl Moore of Truck 40 who died from an apparent drowning at Jackson Park harbor while off duty," the department wrote on Twitter around 5 a.m.

Moore, 55, was attending an end-of-summer boat party when he apparently walked off the boat and onto the pier, according to a report from ABC-7. A search turned up his recovered body in the early morning hours on Monday.

A rescue team spent 90 minutes looking for Moore before his body turned up, the Chicago Tribune reported.

Moore worked for Truck Company 40 in the Beverly neighborhood on the South Side and was set to retire in November.

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