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Bees swarm injured man, paramedics on Ill. river bank

While trying to help a man with a fractured ankle up an embankment, they were swarmed by bees

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DES PLAINES, Ill. — Paramedics already had a tough job Wednesday when they were called to pluck an injured fisherman from the banks of the Des Plaines River.

A swarm of bees only complicated things.

Firefighters from Des Plaines got an emergency call and rushed to the site of an injury 20 feet below the Golf Road bridge at the river. A man had fractured his ankle while fishing on a steep embankment.

Full story: Bee Swarm Complicates Rescue Of Fisherman In Des Plaines