Body found in water at Edgewater Park in Cleveland
Authorities have been trying to recover the bodies of 3 missing swimmers presumed drowned in the area
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - A body was recovered from the waters of Lake Erie near the pier at Edgewater Park in Cleveland on Tuesday, according to the United States Coast Guard(USCG).
USCG Petty Officer 3rd Class Mary Wysong said they were called around 3:50 p.m. for the body.
The Cleveland Fire Department, the Cleveland MetroParks Police, and the U.S Coast Guard all responded to the scene.
Cleveland Fire’s Marine 21 recovered the body; the USCG boat couldn’t navigate safely into the shallow waters where the body was found.
Petty Officer Wyson said the body will be identified by the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner. Further investigation will be done to determine if it may be connected to the presumed drowning at the pier this weekend.
The Cleveland Fire Department said an older man reportedly fell off the Edgewater pier around 740 p.m. Sunday.
Police shared he was 60 years old.
Earlier Sunday afternoon at Huntington Beach in Bay Village, two brothers went missing in the water around 530 p.m.
Metroparks Police Chief Kelly Stillman said rescue crews responded around 5:30 p.m. to Huntington Beach for two people in the water who had gone for a swim.
First responders tried to perform a rescue, but the water conditions were too bad to conduct a major dive operation.
The police have said this has shifted into a recovery mission as well, first responders will dive Tuesday morning to hopefully find the two men.
The men are 19-year-old Trent Sanchez and 22-year-old Austin Labbe from the Akron area.
The National Weather Service issued alerts earlier Sunday, warning beachgoers of rip currents that can pose a risk to swimmers.
19 First Alert Chief Meteorologist Jason Nicholas explains how dangerous rip currents can be.
“Very dangerous,” Jason says. ”These are things that we know are coming it’s so important to know when to stay out of the water and to listen to those warnings because as you can see rip currents can be really tough to deal with when you’re out in the lake.”
Jason also explains what to do if you get stuck in a rip current.
“It’s easy to say don’t panic, but a lot of times people do panic,” Jason says. “The thing with rip currents is they won’t take you under all they do is they push you back or pull you back out into the lake, so the best idea is try not to panic and instead of trying to swim back to shore swim parallel to the beach.”
Lifeguards are done for the season on August 10, so there were no lifeguards on duty, and because of that, there were no warning flags flying as well.
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