RadioOnFire.com - A Howard County spokesman on Tuesday confirmed searchers found the body of a National Guard member who went missing following the Sunday flooding in Ellicott City.
Police on Tuesday afternoon said searchers found the body of an adult male in the Patapsco River, just across the Baltimore County line. That victim was later identified as 39-year-old Eddison Hermond of Severn. He was last seen trying to help a woman rescue her cat behind a restaurant.
BODY FOUND: Howard County Police have been notified that the body of an adult male has been found by searchers in the Patapsco River, just across the Baltimore County line. Police are awaiting identification and will update as information is confirmed. #ECFlood— Howard County Police (@HCPDNews) May 29, 2018
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Howard County Police Chief Gary Gardner said the missing National Guard member and U.S. Air Force veteran had been with a group at the La Palapa Grill & Cantina. He said Hermond was trying to help others by holding a door open as brown floodwaters coursed through the restaurant when a woman approached, desperately trying to rescue her pet just outside.
“He, along with some other folks, went back to assist her and unfortunately during that effort they saw him go under and water and not surface,” Gardner told reporters, adding that the others made it out of the area safely.
Simon Cortes, who owns the restaurant, described Hermond as “a super nice guy,” who was frequently out in the community showing support when it worked to rebuild from the devastating flooding that ravaged the former mill town in July 2016.
WBAL-TV 11 and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
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