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Authorities on Tuesday identified a man who drowned Monday while on a pontoon boat excursion on Channel Lake near Antioch.

Howard Bressler, 30, of Chicago drowned while swimming near a pontoon with 12 other people, said Lake County Coroner Barbara Richardson.

The group discovered he was missing when they returned to shore.

His body was discovered following a search by the Antioch Fire Department and about 35 divers.