OPP recover body from waters off Port Stanley beach
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OPP have confirmed to CTV News that a body has been pulled from Lake Erie as of 2:55 p.m.
The search for a missing 14-year-old boy in Port Stanley, Ont. has concluded after OPP and Central Elgin Fire Rescue (CEFR) pulled a body from Lake Erie Tuesday afternoon.
“It was a very difficult recovery, and it's been a very trying couple of days for all of the crew members, as well as with our beach patrol individuals,” said Fire Chief Raymond Ormerod.
Around 2:55 p.m., the OPP dive team lifted a body from the water using the ladder from a CEFR fire truck.
“The waters were extremely rough again today, so it made the surf very strong,” said Ormerod. “It was unsafe at that point in time for the dive team to get into where they actually had to go. We were able to bring our aerial in, extend and reach the individual that was located in the water.”
It brings to a close a 48-hour search in the Port Stanley waters.
“No two recovery efforts are the same and the tools that we implement and strategies are going to differ,” said Const. Brett Phair of Elgin County OPP. “This one certainly had its challenges as well.”
Sunday afternoon, a 14-year-old boy who family and friends have identified as Omar Boz of London, Ont. went missing in the lake. Volunteers formed a human chain for nearly six hours combing the waters edge to look for the boy who came to Canada less than a year ago.
