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Authorities Searching For Missing Columbus Man

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published May 16, 2013 at 7:18 AM EDT

North Carolina authorities are searching for the body of a Columbus man who disappeared while swimming on Tuesday with members of a church group. Authorities in Holden Beach say 21-year-old Kwesi Sample is presumed drowned after disappearing under strong currents.

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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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