SILVER BAY, Minn. — The Lake County Sheriff's Office has identified two young men who drowned in Lake Superior while cliff-jumping on the North Shore.
Sheriff's officials say the victims are 18-year-old Austin Henning and 18-year-old Maximillion Williams, both of Inver Grove Heights.
Dispatchers received a 911 call just before 1:30 p.m. Sunday reporting two people struggling in the water off the coast of Black Beach in Silver Bay. The caller said the men were cliff-jumping at the time of the incident.
Lake County Search and Rescue responded to the scene along with the St. Louis County Rescue Squad, a boat from the U.S. Coast Guard dispatched from Bayfield, Wisconsin and a search helicopter.
After hours of searching, the body of one man was recovered at 6:12 p.m., with the second victim pulled from Lake Superior at 7:39 p.m.
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