Lafd firefighter missing Connor J. Lees was found

The body of the firefighter of the Los Angeles fire service, Connor J. Lees, was found almost four months after the 29 -year -old disappeared during a recreational dive, the Lafd announced.

Long Beach police have recovered the remains of Lees on Friday off the coast of Long Beach, the fire service announced on Saturday.

“The Lafd is united in sorrow alongside family, friends and colleagues for firefighters”, ” The department said. “We express our deepest condolences to all those who knew and loved it.”

Lees, a six -year -old veteran from the department assigned to the barracks 94 in Baldwin Hills, Disappeared on December 4 By diving near Pier J à Long Beach.

The firefighter on leave was part of a group of four men in their twenties who had dive that evening, which involves swimming underwater without breathing or diving tanks.

Lees was one of the three divers plunged into the water while the fourth man was driving the boat, said the long Beach fire service at the time. When only two of the men resurfaced, the group called 911.

Save divers from fire services of Long Beach and Los Angeles and staff of the Coast Guard of the American Coast Guard, the Police of Long Beach and the Port of Los Angeles Port launched a search immediately.

Two days later, Emergency staff announced that the research and rescue effort had become a recovery mission, based on water conditions and the low probability that the diver had survived.

“While we look towards the sea … We are assured that he is where he always wanted to be,” wrote the friends and family of Lees A GoFundme page Installed after his disappearance. “He loved water and everything she brings to our lives. It shaped him as a boy, the son, the brother, the friend, the athlete, the surfer, the explorer, the firefighter, the companion and the man he became. In his time, Connor will tell us how he and the sea remain forever connected. ”