“They said they tried to save him, but because of the current, they couldn’t,” the mother of Toneshwar “Tony” Persaud said
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- Friends of Toneshwar “Tony” Persaud said he was fishing on the night of April 17 when Persaud tripped and fell into Ohio’s Cuyahoga River
- As of April 20, the search for Persaud has been suspended
- “I don’t think that it really hit me yet that he’s gone,” Radicka Persaud told WEWS about her son.
The search for a 31-year-old man who disappeared in Ohio’s Cuyahoga River last week during an outing with friends has been suspended.
Friends of Toneshwar “Tony” Persaud said he was fishing near Jefferson Avenue on the night of Friday, April 17, when Persaud tripped and fell into the water, ABC affiliate WEWS reported.
Radicka Persaud, the victim’s mother, told the outlet on Monday, April 20, that, according to a friend who was with her son, the strong current pulled Tony into the water…