Search for missing swimmer ends after response authorities recover his body off Flamenco Beach in Culebra, Puerto Rico

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 12/21/2024 11:45 AM EST

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Search for missing swimmer ends after response authorities recover his body off Flamenco Beach in Culebra, Puerto Rico
12/21/2024 12:27 AM EST

Coast Guard and local emergency response authorities ended the search for a missing swimmer after local responders located and recovered his body off Flamenco Beach in Culebra, Puerto Rico, Friday. Recovered deceased is Brandon Smith, a U.S. citizen in his sixties, from Connecticut residing in Culebra, after local emergency responders using a drone located the swimmer’s body, approximately one nautical mile offshore from Flamenco Beach.

 

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