The body of an off-duty Los Angeles firefighter who went missing late last year while diving in the Port of Long Beach was recovered in the waters off Long Beach, authorities said Saturday.
The body of 29-year-old Firefighter Connor J. Lees was recovered Friday by the Long Beach Police Department, according to a statement from the Los Angeles Fire Department, which expressed its “profound sadness.”
“The LAFD stands united in grief alongside firefighter Lees’ family, friends and colleagues,” the LAFD statement said. “We extend our deepest condolences to all who knew and loved him.”
Lees went missing Dec. 4 while diving with friends and off-duty, and the Long Beach Fire Department began an immediate and systemic search, including the use of divers.