BOSTON (WHDH) - The body of a missing swimmer was recovered in the water off Castle Island in Boston on Thursday, officials said.
Boats and dive teams were deployed in the lagoon at Pleasure Bay near William J. Day Boulevard in Southie around 1:30 p.m., according to a spokesman for the Massachusetts State Police.
A state police helicopter was called in to assist Boston police and fire, Environmental police, and the Coast Guard with the search for a 19-year old Cape Verdean man who was swimming “relatively far from the shore,” the spokesman added.
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The swimmer in question was said to be in the water with his brother when he went under and did not resurface. The other swimmer was in distress but was rescued by DCR lifeguards.
His name has not yet been released.
No additional information was immediately available.
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