Overview
- Witnesses reported that the man jumped from the Christoph-Rübsamen-Steg to bathe and briefly surfaced before disappearing beneath the Lahn on Saturday, police said.
- Police, local fire and rescue units and a police helicopter began searching the river and a DLRG sonar boat signaled a suspected find about 90 minutes into the operation.
- A DLRG diver located and recovered the man’s body from the riverbed a few meters upstream from the jetty.
- Authorities confirmed the deceased was a 34-year-old adult and corrected social-media posts that had wrongly suggested a child was involved.
- Nearby canoeists who saw the jump helped alert rescuers while police said a companion reported to be intoxicated remained in the water during the search, illustrating the dangers of bathing from jetties and the role of sonar teams in river recoveries.