By: Emma Nelson
A former University of Minnesota student has died and a current University senior is missing after an attempt to retrieve a cell phone from the Chicago River early Monday.
Ken Hoang, 26, died Monday at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. He passed a fence to reach the river, and fell in trying to retrieve his cell phone after dropping it on the ice.
Two of Hoang's friends tried to rescue him and also fell in the river. One, an unidentified 23-year-old man, was hospitalized. The other, 21-year-old University senior Lauren Li, is still missing.