Posted at: 06/30/2009 11:22 AM
Updated at: 06/30/2009 11:43 AM
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Police release name of missing swimmer
LAKE LUZERNE, N.Y. (AP) - Authorities have released the name of the U.S. Navy sailor who's missing and presumed drowned after he tried to swim across the upper Hudson River.
The Warren County Sheriff's Department says 20-year-old Jesse Lyon of Soda Springs, Idaho was with a group of other sailors swimming across the river Sunday afternoon when he went under and disappeared.
Police divers searched for him Sunday and again Monday in a section of the river in the southern Adirondacks that's known for treacherous currents. Police believe Lyon's body is trapped under the rock cliffs that line the river about 45 miles north of Albany.
The search is expected to resume Tuesday.
Lyon and the other sailors were assigned to the Navy's atomic power training site in neighboring Saratoga County.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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