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Search Resumes at Beaver Dam Quarry for Missing Swimmer

Baltimore County Fire Department divers have returned to the 40-foot-deep quarry after pausing overnight to locate a man in his mid-30s who slipped under Sunday evening.

Overview

  • Search operations were suspended at 9 p.m. Sunday and restarted just before 9 a.m. Monday, according to social media updates from the Baltimore County Fire Department.
  • The missing swimmer has been identified as a man in his mid-30s, Baltimore County Fire Department spokesperson Travis Francis said Monday.
  • Crews first arrived around 6 p.m. Sunday following reports that the swimmer was struggling in the quarry at the 10800 block of Beaver Dam Road.
  • The club features two pools up to five feet deep alongside the quarry and posts vigilant lifeguard patrols with rafts and kayaks.
  • At least two previous drownings have occurred in the Beaver Dam quarry, including a 2000 death that led to a $760,000 lawsuit.