Body of missing swimmer recovered

Recovery efforts downstream from the Green Rover Gorge went underway July 6.

The King County Sheriff’s Office has located and recovered the body of a swimmer who went missing in the Green River Gorge area late last month.

The 20 year-old was presumed drowned on June 25.

Recovery efforts went underway during the early afternoon efforts of July 6; a KSCO public information officer said the body of the yet-unnamed man was found further downstream than responders initially expected, due in part to a high snowpack that has lent the Green River high and swift waters.

Those conditions also hindered recovery efforts, the PIO continued, which is why the body wasn’t located sooner.

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South King Fire, Valley Regional, the Enumclaw Fire Department, and KCSO marine and air support units contributed to the rescue.