Crews spent Sunday searching Lake Lanier, looking for a man who jumped off a jet ski on Saturday: it happened near Buford Dam Park on Lake Lanier. Friends identify the man as Walter Guardado. They say he was last seen trying to swim to shore.
From WSB TV…
Gwinnett County Fire and Rescue said a man disappeared early Saturday evening at East Bank Park off of Buford Dam Road after jumping from his jet ski.
The man’s family told Channel 2′s Veronica Griffin that he was on the water when his jet-ski started to sink.
They say he jumped off it and into the water to swim to shore.
Crews searched the lake for a second day on Sunday into the early evening.
The man’s family shared a photo of him saying the man they’re searching for is 37-year-old Walter Juarez Guardado, a father of two young girls.
Searchers said the man’s girlfriend looked for him first but could not find him.
Gwinnett County Fire, Hall County Fire, and volunteer drivers with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) helped in the search Sunday as more than 30 family members and friends looked on holding out hope.
The family allowed Griffin to talk to Juarez Guardado’s oldest daughter, Angie Juarez.
“He cares about people a lot. He cares about his daughters and his mother. Everything he did was for us. You know, it’s just sad and obviously devastating,” Juarez said.
Volunteer divers with the DNR plan to be back out searching on the water shortly after 8 a.m. Monday morning.
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