Sundara Baskar Pooraswamy-Chinna, a citizen of India, was employed by an information technology firm in Maple Shade, Burlington County, according to the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission.
Pooraswamy-Chinna jumped from a rented pontoon boat about 12:30 p.m. on Labor Day to swim in Currituck Sound, the Commission said in a statement.
When Pooraswamy-Chinna began to struggle in the rough water, others on the boat tossed a life jacket. But the pontoon drifted away before the New Jersey man could be rescued, reports said.
Pooraswamy-Chinna's body was located about 5:20 p.m. on Tuesday with help from a sonar device near where he was last seen, a commission officer said.
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