Police searching for missing Binbrook swimmer

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Special marine units from Peel and Hamilton police are continuing a search for a missing Hamilton man. He was last seen swimming in Lake Niapenco, in the Binbrook Conservation area.

Sgt Frank Miscone told CHCH News officers have been searching for the 45 year old man since 7 pm last night. “It was a triathalon swimmer that was training for an exercise with some friends of his, and he unfortunately didn’t return to shore with the other group.”

“We are hoping to find the man in decent condition and we are doing our best efforts to find him. We are using the Hamilton Police marine unit as well as the ATV unit to search the perimeter of the shoreline and hopefully find this man.”

The search is primarily focused on the area of the route the swimmers were taking. Sgt Miscone says they swam to one point, they went to another point then came back to the starting point. “It helps us narrow down the search when we know where they were and where they are supposed to be.”

The missing swimmer is wearing a wetsuit, giving him some thermal insulation against the cold water.