By Marcie Young and Cleve R. Wootson Jr.
Charlotte Observer Staff Writers
After a day-long search, Sherrills Ford-Terrell firefighters found the body of a missing man authorities believe may have fallen off a Jet Ski on Monday afternoon.
Authorities in Catawba County scoured Lake Norman for the Iredell County man's body. They called the search off Monday night because of darkness and resumed this morning. They have not released the man's name.
A fisherman saw him riding a Jet Ski shortly after 4 p.m., said Chief Keith Bost of the Sherills Ford Fire Department. Less than 10 minutes later, Bost said, the fisherman saw the abandoned watercraft circling in the water.
Divers and rescue crews spent Monday afternoon and today searching a 9-acre area of the lake, Bost said. They expanded their search north of where the craft was found, he said, because strong winds yesterday may have pushed it south.
"We don't know exactly where the Jet Ski was when he came off of it," Bost said.
At 4:11 p.m., sonar found an object that resembled a human body. Ninety minutes later, divers went under the water's surface to recover the body, which was brought up at about 6:30 p.m.
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