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Missing Kayaker From Birmingham

May 24, 2019 | 7:55 AM

The search effort has failed to find a former Birmingham man who went missing last weekend.

23-year-old Jacob Sandy went kayaking in Lake Michigan as a storm was coming in Porter, Indiana.

Friends and family gathered at a church in Birmingham to pray last night.

Divers are searching Lake Michigan in Indiana for any signs of the missing Birmingham native.

Police said a storm came up just as Sandy got in water with his kayak. Witnesses said they saw him go under at a spot that’s up to 30 feet deep and no one saw him surface.

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