An attack in 2012 by a swan toppled a Des Plaines mans kayak, sending him plunging into the water of a retention pond. The aggressive swan, which had been nesting, continued to lunge at the man as he attempted to swim to shore. He never made it. Anthony Hensley, 37, a father of two daughters from Villa Park, drowned April 14, 2012, at the Bay Colony condominium complex near Golf Road in unincorporated Maine Township. The case re-emerged this week when Hensleys widow on Tuesday filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court against the property management companies that owned and operated the complex. The bizarre event left his family heartbroken and residents of the condominium complex without a regular in the community.
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