WINNETKA, Ill. — The body of a swimmer who went missing on Tuesday was recovered from the Wilmette Harbor Thursday afternoon.
The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the body pulled from the Wilmette Harbor on Thursday as 18-year-old Ebrahim Akhoon.
“We extended our condolences to his family and friends for their loss,” a spokesperson for the Village of Winnetka said.
The search for Akhoon began early Tuesday morning after he and two others went swimming in Lake Michigan in at Elder Beach in Winnetka.
Around 2:15 a.m., authorities were called after Akhoon was pulled under the water and didn’t resurface.
Emergency personnel, including the U.S. Coast Guard, tried to launch a boat, but high waves made it too dangerous.
They continued searching on Wednesday.