Authorities Search Lake Erie for Missing Dearborn Man

Hussein Afi Hassoun, a 23-year-old man from Dearborn, is presumed dead after jumping from a boat into Lake Erie near Sterling State Park and struggling in the water, according to multiple authorities involved in the search. Hassoun was swimming with four other adults when he began to have trouble and went underwater, never resurfacing; he was not wearing a life jacket at the time. The Monroe County Sheriff's Office, along with various rescue teams including the Frenchtown Township Fire Department, U.S. Coast Guard, and multiple dive teams, conducted an extensive search using side scan sonar technology. The search was suspended Sunday night due to unsafe wave conditions but resumed on Monday morning. Authorities are asking anyone with information to contact the Monroe County Sheriff's Office. This incident is part of a broader trend of drownings in the Great Lakes region, with over 50 drownings reported this year alone.