Overview

• Cleveland Metroparks police and Avon Lake firefighters recovered half-brothers Austin Labbe, 22, and Trent Sanchez, 19, between late morning and early afternoon Wednesday in waters off Lorain County.
• Officials identified the fisherman as Jeffrey Williams, 64, whose body was recovered Tuesday at the Edgewater Public Boat Ramp on Whiskey Island.
• Search efforts were repeatedly suspended because waves were too rough for divers and sonar, and officials reclassified the operation from a rescue to a recovery.
• The National Weather Service issued beach hazard alerts for dangerous rip currents on Lake Erie, and the U.S. Coast Guard urged swimmers to avoid choppy conditions and to escape rip currents by swimming parallel to shore.
• No swim flags were posted at Huntington Beach because lifeguards had ended seasonal duty on Aug. 10, a policy that drew criticism from the brothers’ family over the lack of active warnings.