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Body of missing Dearborn man recovered in Lake Erie
The body of a Dearborn man who was presumed drowned in Lake Erie Sunday has been recovered, the Monroe County (Michigan) Sheriff's Office reported. Hussein Afi Hassoun, 23, was last seen alive Sunday evening when he was with a group of people who jumped off a 34-foot Baja boat to go swimming. The boat was in Lake Erie, several hundred yards east of the Sandy Creek/Sterling State Park boat channel at the time. Hassoun, who was not wearing a life jacket, started struggling and went underwater. The other boaters lost sight of him. Search efforts began that evening, and the local fire department's marine team helped escort the boat back to shore. The Monroe County Sheriff's Office Marine Division had resumed their search for the body Tuesday morning when a boater informed deputies they saw a body in the water about 8:45 a.m. The marine division deputies located his body and transported it to shore. Hassoun's body was then taken to the Lucas County Medical Examiner's office in Toledo, Ohio. Monroe County deputies were assisted on the initial call by the Frenchtown Township Fire Department, Monroe City Fire Department, U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, along with dive teams from the Oakland County Sheriff's Office, Wayne County Sheriff's Office, Downriver Mutual Aid and Van Buren Township. The incident remains under investigation by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office Detective Bureau. Anyone with information that can help deputies in their efforts is asked to call 734-240-7530. The above video originally aired Aug. 11.
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a day ago
- CBS News
Dearborn man missing, presumed dead, after going under water in Lake Erie
A Dearborn, Michigan, man is missing and presumed dead after going under water in Lake Erie Sunday near Sterling State Park. The Monroe County Sheriff's Office is treating the incident as an accidental drowning, according to a report from the agency. The victim is Hussein Afi Hassoun, 23, from Dearborn. He had not been located as of Monday morning, deputies said. Monroe County Central Dispatch got a 911 call about 5:49 p.m. Sunday from a man reporting that Hassoun was missing in the water after jumping from a 34-foot white Baja boat. He was not wearing a life jacket at the time. The boat was in Lake Erie, several hundred yards east of the Sandy Creek / Sterling State Park boat channel at the time. Hassoun and four other adults had jumped into the water to swim, but Hassoun began to struggle and went under water. The other boaters lost sight of him. A rescume boat team from Frenchtown Township Fire Department located the boat and escorted it back to safety. In response to the accident, the Monroe County Sheriff's Office Dive Team, along with dive teams from the Southeast Michigan Dive Group, used side scan sonar technology to began an extensive search of that section of the lake The search was suspended at 11 p.m. due to unsafe wave conditions, with plans to resume the search Monday. Frenchtown Township Fire Department, Monroe City Fire Department, U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection worked on scene with the assistance of the Oakland County Sheriff's Office, Wayne County Sheriff's Office, Downriver Mutual Aid and Van Buren Township Dive Teams. Anyone with information that can help first responders locate his body is asked to call 734-243-7070.
