TEMPE, Ariz. — The Tempe Fire Medical Rescue Department Dive Team has recovered a body during a "recovery operation" Tuesday morning for a person who reportedly swam two-thirds across Tempe Town Lake, became submerged and wasn't seen again.
12News crews at the Lake saw officials pulling the person from the water shortly after 7 a.m. on Tuesday.
The deceased individual has been identified as 47-year-old Michael Reyes.
VERSIÓN EN ESPAÑOL: El cuerpo recuperado de Tempe Town Lake es identificado como un hombre de 47 años
A resident at a nearby apartment saw the person in the water on Monday, officials with the Tempe Fire Department said in a statement.
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"The resident filmed the swimmer but didn't call for help until 40 minutes later," the statement said.
Dive crews spent three hours Monday night searching the lake but nothing was found until the next morning, officials said.
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