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Woman drowns while saving her son at Independence Grove Forest Preserve, officials say
Chicago Sun-Times and WLS / ABC7 Chicago describe the same event in different terms.
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What happenedA woman drowned while saving her son at the Independence Grove Forest Preserve on Sunday, officials said.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "Mother drowns saving son in Des Plaines River near Libertyville forest preserve". The center frames it as "Woman drowns while saving her son at Independence Grove Forest Preserve, officials say".
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Left / center-leftMother drowns saving son in Des Plaines River near Libertyville forest preserve
Chicago Sun-Times · Center-left · News report
CenterWoman drowns while saving her son at Independence Grove Forest Preserve, officials say
WLS / ABC7 Chicago · Center · News report
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Mother drowns saving son in Des Plaines River near Libertyville forest preserve
A 32-year-old mother died saving her son who slipped under the waters of the Des Plaines River near a Libertyville forest preserve Sunday night. Around 7 p.m., the woman entered the river a...
