A teen's body was found in the water in a quarry in Westford, Massachusetts, on Monday, fire officials said.
Someone at Merrill's Quarry off Vineyard Road called 911 about 4:16 p.m. after an 18-year-old who jumped into the water in the quarry didn't surface, according to Westford Fire Chief Joseph Targ.
The teen who died wasn't identified beyond being male. State police say he was attempting to swim across the quarry when he began struggling and went under water, never resurfacing.
Divers from Lowell found his body in about 40 feet of water at about 5:24 p.m., officials said.
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Cries from devastated loved ones could be heard from a distance.
A death investigation is ongoing.
Temperatures reached about 86 degrees in Westford on Monday, the Labor Day holiday.
The quarry is on private land, Tang said.
Firefighters say it's dangerous and they're not even sure themselves how deep it goes.
"It's private property. It's dangerous. Visibility is maybe four feet deep, you don't know what's down there when you jump in," Westford Deputy Chief Mike Denehy said.
Several years ago, in 2018, when a 16-year-old died after sneaking onto the property to go swimming with friends and not surfacing when he jumped off a high ledge, authorities said the quarry was featured in the 2013 Adam Sandler movie "Grown Ups 2" and they've had trouble keeping people away from it ever since.
"We were up here last week for an individual that jumped in," Denehy said Monday. "Fortunately he was able to be rescued and is recovering so it's a yearly thing we come up here for something."
A Tyngsboro firefighter was also hurt during the search Monday and was taken to the hospital for minor injuries.
