Miami Beach

Swimmer goes missing off Miami Beach; rescuers searching

A 50-year-old man went missing while swimming off Miami Beach Wednesday afternoon. Coast Guard and other rescue crews have been searching for him.
A 50-year-old man went missing while swimming off Miami Beach Wednesday afternoon. Coast Guard and other rescue crews have been searching for him.

A 50-year-old man went missing while swimming off Miami Beach Wednesday afternoon.

The man, who has not been named, was last seen in the ocean around 5 p.m. off 54th Street, Miami Beach Fire Rescue Chief Jorge Linares said.

It wasn’t immediately clear how many other agencies were involved in the search.

This story will be updated as more information becomes available.

This story was originally published March 31, 2021 at 7:48 PM.

David Goodhue
Miami Herald
David Goodhue covers the Florida Keys and South Florida for FLKeysNews.com and the Miami Herald. Before joining the Herald, he covered Congress, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy in Washington, D.C. He is a graduate of the University of Delaware. 
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