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Wollongong: Search for missing swimmer ends in tragedy as man’s body found by emergency services
['Chloe Maher', 'The Nightly']
The Nightly
The search for a young swimmer who vanished near Wollongong has taken a tragic turn after emergency services recovered a man’s body.
New South Wales Police said in a statement that emergency services raced to Cliff Road, North Wollongong on Sunday morning after receiving reports a swimmer’s belongings were found after he failed to return to shore.
The discovery triggered a search involving multiple emergency personnel in a bid to find the missing man.
“Officers attached to Wollongong Police District – with assistance from Marine Area Command and Surf Life Saving NSW – attended the scene and commenced a multi-agency search to locate the missing man.”
In a tragic turn, emergency crews located the man’s body after searching nearby water.