Why am I hearing about this from The Guardian rather than USian media?

Jennifer Hamilton, MD PhD

Feb 18 high winds blew a baby stroller into Lake Michigan-- with baby in it! Man jumps into frigid lake, treads water holding stroller and tot until rescued. Baby doing well, but man needed to be hospitalized for several days.

In true USA fashion, there's a GoFundMe for his hospital fees and lost wages.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-lio-recover-after-heroic-rescue

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/25/chicago-baby-saved-lake

Could the rescue be getting little attention bc rescuer is trans?

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Historic comparison, again.

Another bootlicking GOPedo Republican official arrested for child sexual assault materials. Again.

Again.

https://pvtimes.com/news/former-nye-county-republican-chairman-arrested-on-child-pornography-weapons-charges-175577/

#trans #gop #GOPedo

Lord Kelvin

@jeneralist
Great story, & yeah, some possible algo problems that it hit you via Guardian instead of US news media.

I did a quick (or quack?) duckduckgo search, & found US-based news articles on this by (in order of results)...
Fox32 Chicago
USA Today
AOL
WISHTV Indianapolis
KVFS Cape Girardeau, MO
People
Denver Post
Channel 3000 Detroit
NBC Chicago
ABC Chicago
CBS News

Maybe Guardian aims AT YOU (& me) particularly hard.

But this story wasn't broadly ignored by US media that I can see.

Robin Barton

@jeneralist Weird that go fund me is an accepted medical system for treatment in usa

Jennifer Hamilton, MD PhD

@kelvin0mql Most of these are local to Chicago (where it happened, no surprise to see it there.) I tend towards Philly Inquirer (local paper where I live), NPR, and the increasingly unpopular Washington Post / NY Times (you can still scan their headlines without subscribing), CNN, etc. I'll even look at Fox once in a while to see what their headlines are.

Thanks for the list!

Lord Kelvin

@jeneralist
Yeah, what with Chicago being the 3rd largest city in the US, if the "local" news covers it, that's almost the same as national news.

I remember back in the day that WGN - a Chicago station - was included in everyone's basic cable here in Minnesota. Chicago has THAT much influence.

All that said, thank you for posting. I had not heard. GREAT story!

staringatclouds

@jeneralist Can't wait for the BBC to pick this up & give it their "biological female who identifies as a male" treatment

0xDECAFBAD

@jeneralist Absolutely grim that a hospital wouldn’t even pro bono this guy after something like this.

AnnieBuddy

@jeneralist

This question.

And...

Why does someone who risked their life to save a baby have to fundraise to cover their hospital care?

America is broken.

Jennifer Hamilton, MD PhD

@AnnieBuddy I see your .ca server address, and I'm reminded of a joke about the TV/streaming show Breaking Bad. It was the sort of series that would only come from the US. Anywhere else, when Walter got diagnosed with lung cancer, he'd know that the cost of his treatment would be taken care of by nat'l health insurance. No financial problems, very different drama.

NNN

@slyborg @jeneralist
yes! from a purely monetary point, I'd bet the infant's parents have employer healthcare & life insurance, and some corpo saved $100k... yet Lio is stuck GoFunding his own hospital bills?

Lizzie

@jeneralist thank goodness he is getting help