{"id":202058,"date":"2024-07-29T09:19:19","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T13:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=202058"},"modified":"2024-07-29T09:20:18","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T13:20:18","slug":"search-for-26-year-old-man-missing-in-the-ocmulgee-river-set-to-resume-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=202058","title":{"rendered":"Search for 26-Year-Old Man Missing in the Ocmulgee River Set to Resume Today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A 26-year-old man went missing while swimming in the Ocmulgee River at Amerson River Park on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s Happening:<\/strong> Authorities responded swiftly to reports of a possible drowning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A call was made to the <a href=\"\/county\/Bibb\">Macon Bibb<\/a> E-911 Center at 12:54 p.m.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emergency Personnel, including dive teams, arrived and conducted a search until 7:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Between the Lines:<\/strong> The investigation is ongoing, and the man&#8217;s identity remains undisclosed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The search is set to resume on Monday morning.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Witnesses reported the man went underwater and did not resurface.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Catch Up Quick:<\/strong> Amerson River Park is a popular local destination, making this incident particularly concerning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Visitors and residents should be aware of the potential hazards while swimming in natural water bodies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-related-links yoast-seo-related-links\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/your-community\/heres-how-bibb-county-is-making-amerson-river-park-safer\">Here&#8217;s how Bibb County is making Amerson River Park safer<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/news\/macon-man-drowns-in-ocmulgee-river\">Macon man drowns in Ocmulgee River<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/news\/body-of-22-year-old-man-who-went-missing-in-ocmulgee-river-found\">Body of 22-year-old man who went missing in Ocmulgee River found<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/news\/photos-search-continues-for-22-year-old-swimmer-who-went-missing-on-the-ocmulgee-river\">Photos: Search continues for 22-year-old swimmer who went missing on the Ocmulgee River<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n[mailerlite_form form_id=47]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 26-year-old man went missing while swimming in the Ocmulgee River at Amerson River Park on Sunday afternoon. What&#8217;s Happening: Authorities responded swiftly to reports of a possible drowning. Between the Lines: The investigation is ongoing, and the man&#8217;s identity remains undisclosed. Catch Up Quick: Amerson River Park is a popular local destination, making this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6827],"tags":[12602,8624],"class_list":["post-202058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-missing","tag-amerson-river-park","tag-ocmulgee-river","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=202058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=202058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=202058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=202058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}