HURON, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say they have recovered the body of an 18-year-old man who went missing in
Lake Erie while trying to rescue children struggling in the water at an Ohio beach.
Huron police and fire officials said a fisherman reported finding Alvin Martin’s body in the water near
the mouth of the Huron River around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday. Search crews had been looking for the Ashland man
since Sunday afternoon when he went missing in the lake at Nickel Plate Beach.
A Huron Fire Department release says Martin disappeared while trying to help two children later rescued
by the Huron Police Marine Patrol. Fire personnel rescued their mother and a bystander who tried to
help. The mother and children were treated and released. The bystander didn’t require treatment.