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Body of missing diver found in Lake Erie: Coast Guard
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CLEVELAND (WJW) — The search is over for a diver who went missing in Lake Erie on Saturday afternoon, the U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes reported.
The Coast Guard and local crews combined their efforts in looking for a man who was diving recreationally on Saturday. USCG confirmed that “divers from Lake County recovered a body and confirmed it to be the missing man,” at about 7:45 p.m.
The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the man as 70-year-old David Michael VanZandt of Lakewood. The man’s body was recovered from the water at the East 9th Street pier, according to that office.
Crews were reportedly looking about 6 miles off the coast of Cleveland and began searching since just after 3 p.m. when “he was reported overdue for meeting his dive boat,” the Coast Guard said.
Check back for updates on this developing story.
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Laura Morrison
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