VB Police identify body recovered in Sandbridge Beach area as missing kayaker
The body that washed ashore in the Sandbridge Beach area has been identified as the kayaker that went missing.
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The body that washed ashore in the Sandbridge Beach area has been identified as the kayaker that went missing.
The medical examiner’s office identified the body of 27-year-old Ryan Tew, a kayaker who went missing last week. Coast Guard crews and local agencies searched by air, land and sea, calling off the search for Tew the evening of Sept. 14, after an “exhaustive” two days combing Virginia Beach waters.
The Coast Guard, along with several other agencies, searched for 27-year-old Ryan Tew for two days, covering more than 1,873 square miles.
The search for 27-year-old Ryan Tew was suspended Wednesday at 7 p.m. after Coast Guard crew and local agencies combed some 1870-square miles of Virginia Beach waters for the missing kayaker.
According to the Coast Guard, 27-year-old Ryan Tew went kayaking around 11:30 p.m. Monday, launching his red single-person kayak from Crab Creek in the Lynnhaven Inlet. Tew was scheduled to return around 3 a.m. Tuesday. Coast Guard watchstanders were alerted he was overdue around 10 a.m. this morning.