CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - A man fishing tragically died after he fell into the water at Edgewater Park just east of the pier on Tuesday night.

First responders were called around 815p.m.

Witnesses said the man was struggling in the 4-6′ waves.

He died before the Cleveland Fire Department got on scene.

CFD companies couldn’t safely recover the man’s body from the water due to heavy seas.

The recovery has been postponed at this time and will be reassessed in the morning, according to the Cleveland Fire Department’s Public Information Officer, Lt. Mike Norman.

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