GRAND HAVEN, Mich. — Officials have identified a 21-year-old man who drowned at the Grand Haven State Park on Sunday as Jonathan Mendez from Wyoming. Mendez was swept past the buoys and away from shore Sunday afternoon.
FOX 17 had a crew on scene and saw crews pull Mendez's body from the water shortly before 6 p.m. Soon after, authorities confirmed that the body of the missing swimmer had been located.
According to Ottawa County Dispatch, officials were called to the lakeshore around 3:52 p.m.
Rescue efforts were made by the Grand Haven Township Fire/Rescue, the Ottawa County Sheriff's Department, and the Coast Guard.
Also, the State Park rangers were at the scene and in the water searching, and the Coast Guard dropped a rescue swimmer from a heliocopter.
With the assistance of volunteers, responders first formed a human chain.
The first attempt was not successful, officials say, and multiple attempts to find the missing swimmer were undergone.
Mendez was finally found by a Coast Guard helicopter.
