Body found in search for boy, 13, who got into difficulty sea swimming off Yorkshire

A major search was launched after the boy got into difficulty swimming in the South Promenade area shortly after 6pm on Tuesday. Chief Superintendent Phil Booker, from Humberside Police, said the body was recovered from the water at about 4.30am on Wednesday. Emergency services during the search in Hornsea on Tuesday (August 4) (Image: North Yorkshire Weather Updates)He said an “extensive search operation” was launched after the boy entered the water involving specialist Humberside search officers, HM Coastguard, Yorkshire Ambulance Service and Humberside Fire and Rescue Service. Tuesday’s incident in East Yorkshire happened less than 20 miles away from where 15-year-old Grace Keeling was swept out to sea in January. The search for Grace’s body took 13 days and it was eventually found trapped among giant boulders used for sea defences to the south of where the incident happened.