ROCKFORD, Mich. (WOOD) — The body of a 19-year-old Rockford area man who went missing at sea in the Bahamas has been recovered.
Jonathan Brussow was reported missing on Eleuthera Island, which lays to the east of Nassau in the island chain. He was knocked into the water by a wave.
“God brought Jonathan in with a storm and took him back in a storm,” said the father of Brussow in a statement. “On behalf of Brad, Carolyn, Alex, Allison and Athena we thank everyone who has brought joy and happiness to Jonathon’s life.”
In the statement family reported that Brussow was recovered on Friday on top of a cliff several hundred yards down from where the sea swept him away.
To the family’s knowledge, Brussow came ashore shortly after he entered the water and do not believe he suffered.
Brussow was a 2016 graduate of Rockford High School.