8/19/14 - Although the Coast Guard has ended its search efforts, a dive team will be using a remote operated vehicle to look for a missing Fenton Township man today. 19-year-old Brady Morton disappeared in the St. Clair River during the annual Port Huron Float Down event on the U.S.- Canada border waterway Sunday. The St. Clair County sheriff's dive team deployed the camera-equipped vehicle today. Marine Division Commander Lt. Paul Reid said at this point, the dive teamâs task is recovery. The search area will stretch from the former Marysville DTE plant to Lincoln Park in Port Huron. The U.S. Coast Guard suspended search and rescue efforts at around 9pm Monday, which had been non-stop since Sunday, saying crews exhausted all leads and resources. According to officials, Morton was floating with a group of about 40 people when he left his raft to go swimming. His friends reported that he never came back. (AP Photo/The Port Huron Times Herald, Andrew Jowett)
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