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Body recovered near Edgewater Beach

Over the weekend, 2 brothers went under at Huntington Beach, and a fisherman fell in the water at Edgewater Pier. First responders spent the day on a recovery mission.
Body recovered near Edgewater Beach
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CLEVELAND — Near the end of a daylong effort by first responders to recover three people who went missing in Lake Erie over the weekend, a body was pulled from the water near Edgewater Beach, according to the Cleveland Fire Department.

Wednesday afternoon, Cleveland Metroparks Police said three bodies, including those of the two brothers, had been recovered from the lake.

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On Sunday, two brothers were swept away from Huntington Beach, and a fisherman fell in at Edgewater Pier.

Tuesday's dive operations at Huntington Beach were suspended due to weather conditions, but Cleveland Metroparks said patrol boats would remain out on the water as long as the weather allowed for it.

The brothers, Trent Sanchez, 19, and Austin Labbe, 22, were visiting the beach with family when they were spotted going under the water around 5:30 p.m.

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From left to right: Austin Labbe and Trent Sanchez.

News 5 spoke to the family and police about what happened.

Watch:

Missing swimmers at Huntington Beach are half-brothers; were in waist-deep water

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The U.S. Coast Guard said it was notified about the swimmers being pulled deeper into the water by a rip current. Cleveland Metroparks Police said the two went underwater and resurfaced briefly before going back under.

The same night the brothers were pulled underwater, a person fell off the fishing pier east of Edgewater Beach.

As with the Huntington Beach incident, water conditions prevented authorities from entering the water to recover the person.

You can see what the water was like below:

Body found off fishing pier at Edgewater beach, Cleveland Fire says

RELATED: Body seen off fishing pier at Edgewater beach, Cleveland Fire says

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