Body recovered after swimmer went under at Pace Bend Park

The body of a missing swimmer has been recovered following a search at Pace Bend Park Saturday afternoon.

ATCEMS said the water rescue call came in at 1:16 p.m. for initial reports of an adult swimmer, a man in his 20s, that went underwater and did not resurface in Thurman Cove on Lake Travis.

The rescue turned into a recovery 40 minutes later.

Lake patrol and Travis County dive teams were on scene searching for the man for nearly five hours. The body was recovered around 6 p.m.

According to the Travis County Sheriff's Office, the medical examiner will confirm the man's identity.

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