Man’s body recovered from Longview Lake in Jackson County

Published August 12, 2021 3:03 PM

LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. (AP) — Crews have recovered the body of a man who jumped into a Kansas City-area lake to help his children. The Kansas City Star reports that firefighters were called to Longview Lake just after 9:30 a.m. Thursday and were told that two adults had jumped into the water to help the kids who were wearing life jackets but started to drift away from a pontoon boat. The children were eventually retrieved safely but the man went under the water and didn’t resurface. His body was recovered about 2 p.m. Thursday. His name has not been released.

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