Teams Spend Hours Searching Water; Find Body Of Missing Swimmer In Clark Cove

A 20-year-old man from New Hampshire died while swimming in Bar Harbor Thursday, authorities say.

The Maine Department of Marine Resources says several law enforcement and rescue agencies were on hand for hours Thursday afternoon, in the vicinity of the water around Clark Cove, investigating. They were searching for a man who had gone swimming in the area, earlier in the day, and apparently ran into some difficulty in the water.

"The Maine Marine Patrol/State Police Underwater Recovery team recovered the body of 20-year-old Gregory Taylor of New Hampshire today at approximately 6:00 p.m. from Clark Cove in Bar Harbor after an eyewitness report of a man in distress, swimming in the cove. His body has been transported to a local funeral home."

Members of 3 local fire departments, including Bar Harbor, Trenton, and Mount Desert Island, were all at the scene, by the water, assisting members of the Bar Harbor Police Department and the Hancock County Sheriffs during the search.

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