They told the family that he would call back after a dip. Then his body was found

The body of a 35-year-old swimmer has been recovered after he disappeared in San Francisco, according to police.

The body of Nikolas Tomasevic was found at Aquatic Park Cove around 9:30 local time on Tuesday, August 26, San Francisco announced police department in a Online statementThanks the divers for “their relentless efforts to search for the missing swimmer.”

SFPD responded to a report on a missing swimmer around 14:20 on Saturday, August 23, said the department in a previous statement obtained by People.

A reporting party announced that Tomasevic was last seen around 10:15 in the morning and swam in Aquatic Park Cove with an orange bath cap and stems.

A first search in the area turned out to fail and the police continued to say the gap in time between when swimmers were last seen and when reported missing would hinder their efforts.

“Unfortunately, that person waited four hours to notify us. It is the gap in time that does not really allow us to get a card,” said San Francisco Fire Department LT. Mariano Elias, according to ABC Affiliate KGO TV. “We worked with the police department, the Coast Guard and the highway patrully to try to look with sonar and basically try to see where the person was, we were no lucky finding them.”

On Sunday, August 24, the San Francisco Marine unit continued a search in the nearby area and jetties with divers, remote -controlled vehicle sons and cameras, a spokesman for the department.

In the morning he disappeared, Tomasevic spoke on the phone with family members in Serbia, San Francisco Chronicle reported. He had planned to call them back after his swim, but never got the chance.

“I go between crying and shock,” his wife, Aleksandra Ivanova, told the newspaper. “You never think this would happen. He was the kindest and best person.” She added that he had experienced epilepsy earlier.

Tomasevic was a member of Dolphin Swimming and Boating Club, Kgo-TV reported.

“This is a close community, and Nikolas was part of it, like his friends. It’s a sad day here,” the club’s vice president, Ken Coren, told the station.

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“Our best friend, cousin, brother, son went to do what he loved the most and never came back,” wrote a loved one in a Gofundme To raise money to cover the costs of transporting Tomasevic’s residue from San Francisco to Serbia according to the family’s wishes.

“Nikolas will remember (as one) friendly, selfless, decent, man,” continued the organizer. “Dolphin Club was his happy place and he left us to do what he loved most, swim in the bay.”