Man drowns in Lake Lanier while swimming from shore to his boat

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — A man died Saturday while swimming in Lake Lanier.

According to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, just before 2 p.m. Saturday, deputies with the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office, Forsyth County Fire Department, and Hall County Fire Department responded to a drowning at Bethel Park on Lake Lanier.

Hasani Kamau Widemond, 46, was swimming from shore back to his boat when he went underwater and did not resurface.

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Game wardens located him in approximately 25 feet of water using boat-mounted sonar.

Divers recovered his body.

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