Man drowns while at Jordan Lake in Chatham County

The Chatham County Sheriff's Office said no foul play is suspected in a man's drowning.

ABC11 learned a man went missing Sunday while he was swimming with a group of people on Jordan Lake.

The man was swimming in the lake near his boat off the area of Poe's Ridge Boat Ramp Sunday afternoon when others in his party lost sight of him. Search crews were able to recover his body Sunday afternoon in the area where he disappeared.

He has been identified as Donald Semler, 73.

Sadly, we've learned the man who drowned is the father of an ABC11 employee.

The N.C. Wildlife Commission, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chatham County Emergency Management, Moncure Fire Department, and Lee County Emergency Services assisted in the search and recovery efforts.

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