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A goup of teenagers pull an unconscious man from the water after he screamed for help saying he was drowning in Lake Sedgewick in Orland Park, Illinois, Tuesday, May 29, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
Orland Park paramedics and firefighters carry an unconscious drowning victim, who is still clutching a rosary in his hands, from the shore line of Lake Sedgewick in Orland Park, Illinois, Tuesday, May 29, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
Orland Park paramedics and firefighters carry an unconscious drowning victim, who is still clutching a rosary in his hands, from the shore line of Lake Sedgewick in Orland Park, Illinois, Tuesday, May 29, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
Albert Kulicz, 21, of Bridgeview, explains to police how a drowning victim grabbed hold of him after saying, "I can't swim. I'm sorry." He then explained how the man passed out as he and another girl began to pull him to shore in Lake Sedgewick in Orland Park, Illinois, Tuesday, May 29, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
MacKenzie Smith, 16, of Orland Park, looks on with her friends as paramedics work on a drowning victim she helped pull from the waters of Lake Sedgewick in Orland Park, Illinois, Tuesday, May 29, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
Paramedics work on a drowning victim at Lake Sedgewick in Orland Park, Illinois, Tuesday, May 29, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
Paramedics work on a drowning victim at Lake Sedgewick in Orland Park, Illinois, Tuesday, May 29, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
Albert Kulicz, 21, of Bridgeview, explains to police where they were when they ran to help a man screaming for help in the waters of Lake Sedgewick in Orland Park, Illinois, Tuesday, May 29, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
Albert Kulicz, 21, of Bridgeview, and MacKenzie Smith, 16, of Orland Park, shake hands after the duo pulled a drowning man from Lake Sedgewick in Orland Park, Illinois, Tuesday, May 29, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
An Orland Park firefighter tells Albert Kulicz, 21, of Bridgeview, and MacKenzie Smith, 16, of Orland Park, good job after the duo pulled a drowning man from Lake Sedgewick in Orland Park, Illinois, Tuesday, May 29, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
Orland Park police check on a man pulled from the waters of Lake Sedgewick by a group of teenagers in Orland Park, Illinois, Tuesday, May 29, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
Orland Park police try to ascertain where the group of teenagers think a drowning victim may have gotten in the waters at Lake Sedgewick in Orland Park, Illinois, Tuesday, May 29, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
MacKenzie Smith, 16, of Orland Park, (left) smiles as her friends Meghan Carmody, 17, Andrea Dunn, 16, and Taylor Calzaretta, 17, all of Orland Park, give their information to police after they helped save a man from drowning in the waters of Lake Sedgewick in Orland Park, Illinois, Tuesday, May 29, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
Albert Kulicz, 21, of Bridgeview, (left) and MacKenzie Smith, 16, of Orland Park, (right) give information to police after the duo pulled a drowning man from Lake Sedgewick in Orland Park, Illinois, Tuesday, May 29, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
Paramedics carry a drowning victim out of the weeds and shoreline of the west side of Lake Sedgewick in Orland Park, Illinois, Tuesday, May 29, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
Americans’ confidence in the economy in May had its biggest drop in eight months. | AP PHOTO
One went to Centennial Park Tuesday hoping for a day at the water park; the other was there having a picnic with friends to celebrate their last day as juniors at Sandburg High School. Together, Albert Kulicz and MacKenzie Smith ended up fulfilling a much …