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Search to recommence for missing Fermanagh swimmer
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Lower Lough Erne
A search will recommence this morning after a 19-year-old swimmer was reported missing at Lower Lough Erne yesterday. Fermanagh Police said the teenager got into difficulty while bathing with friends.
Two survivors were picked up by a passing boat, Top Cat after their companion, who has not been named, failed to resurface.
The search involved members of the Enniskillen coastguard, a lifeboat, two rescue helicopters and fire crews. Pleasure craft also came to the assistance of rescuers. Ian Murdock, of Belfast Coastguard, said the search would continue until dusk last night.
The man was last seen in the water at Castle Archdale Country park on Sunday afternoon.
