A Humininbird 997c was used to locate the victim in this recovery.
ANDERSON, S.C. -- Early Tuesday afternoon, dive crews found the body of a teenager who drowned in a lake over the holiday weekend.
The body of 18-year-old Ri'Shun Sullivan was found near Darwin Wright Park at about 12:30 p.m. Tuesday. The information about finding the body was withheld until all of his family members could be notified.
Matthew Littleton, with Anderson County Technical Services, said they got the call about the drowning just before 3 p.m. Monday. Littleton said Sullivan was swimming with friends who were using a large foam flotation device.
Anderson police Sgt. Tony Tilly said that Sullivan knew how to swim, but had become fatigued. He said that the friends had been in the water for about an hour. He said Sullivan was holding onto the ropes around the swimming area when he went under a couple times and then failed to resurface.
This is what the friends were floating on
"We're gonna miss him. We're gonna miss him so much," said Mary Lasenbery, Sullivan's aunt. "We're just at a loss for words. We just never thought it would happen this way."
"We just had somebody come by the house who was with (Sullivan) and said, you know, he drowned and (rescuers) were looking for him," said Lasenbery. "We lost our grandmother in October of last year and if (Sullivan) is gone, he'll be with her. So, we know he'll be well taken care of because he was just a good kid. Good spirit, good heart just do anything in the world for you. He's a good guy."
Sullivan was a Greenville High School student. His family said he was supposed to attend his sister's graduation from Greenville High School on Tuesday.
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