The search for a Laven­tille man who re­port­ed­ly drowned whilst bathing at Blan­chisseuse Beach with his fam­i­ly on Sun­day, con­tin­ued yes­ter­day.

An­tho­ny Charles, 45, of Up­per Er­i­ca Street, Laven­tille, dis­ap­peared whilst swim­ming around 3.45 pm on Sep­tem­ber 8.

The 45-year-old man was said to be in the wa­ter with his 44-year-old wife, their five-year-old son, and two oth­er adults when the group was caught in a rip cur­rent ap­prox­i­mate­ly 100 feet from shore.

As the bathers raised an alarm by shout­ing for help, they were swept fur­ther out to sea.

Charles’ wife and the two oth­er adults, as well as his son, who had been wear­ing a life jack­et, were even­tu­al­ly pulled to safe­ty.

Even as these res­cue ef­forts were un­der­way, Charles con­tin­ued to be pulled out fur­ther by the cur­rent, and sud­den­ly shout­ed he was ex­pe­ri­enc­ing cramps.

He sub­se­quent­ly dis­ap­peared un­der the wa­ter ap­prox­i­mate­ly 150 feet from the shore.

A search along the shore­line was made for the vic­tim but Charles’ body was not found.

Fur­ther search­es were mount­ed by per­son­nel from the Coast Guard, the TTPS Air Sup­port, the Hunters Search and Res­cue Team, and Blan­chisseuse fish­er­folk yes­ter­day.

—AP