2 drown after cliff jumping into Lake Superior on North Shore
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Updated: June 27, 6:30 a.m. | Posted: June 26, 7:15 a.m.
Two people from the Twin Cities died after cliff jumping into Lake Superior along the North Shore on Sunday afternoon.
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office on Monday identified the victims, both 18 years old, as Austin Henning of South St. Paul and Maximillion Williams of Inver Grove Heights.
The sheriff’s office said it received a call at 1:25 p.m. Sunday that two people jumping into the lake from a cliff at Black Beach, in Silver Bay, were seen struggling to swim in the water below.
Lake County Search and Rescue personnel responded to the scene, and requested assistance from the St. Louis County Rescue Squad and the U.S. Coast Guard. Boats and a Coast Guard helicopter took part in the search.
The sheriff’s office said searchers found a body in the water just after 6 p.m., and a second body in the water just after 7:30 p.m.
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