Two men dead, rescue workers search for third after tragic day at Bluffer’s Park

Search efforts continue for a missing man in the waters off Bluffer's Park in Scarborough Sunday, a day after a series of tragic incidents unfolded that left two men dead, two others injured and a young boy rescued.

The area remains closed on Sunday and TTC buses are not stopping at Bluffer's Park as police investigate. Marine Units are continuing to search the water for the missing 23-year-old man.

At around 5 p.m. Saturday, police received a call for something floating in the water near the shoreline. A man without vital signs was pulled from the choppy waters. He was pronounced dead on scene. No victim information has yet been released. Police say they consider the death suspicious.

Not long after, at around 7:30 p.m., two men rescued a boy from the water. Toronto Fire Services and Toronto paramedics assisted in the rescue. The two men suffered non-life threatening injuries and the boy was in good health, police said.

During the rescue of the boy, first responders noticed two other men requiring assistance in the water nearby, police said.

A 30-year-old man was pulled from the water and died in hospital Saturday night. His 23-year-old brother was presumed drowned after a search that continued overnight and included the Marine Unit, firefighters and several volunteers, police said.

Open Toronto beaches are supervised by lifeguards from 11:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., meaning a lifeguard was not on duty when the boy was rescued and at the time the two brothers were drowning.

Drowning is silent and it happens very quickly," Barbara Byers, public education director of Lifesaving Society said.

Unlike in Hollywood movies, people who are drowning do not scream for help because their airways are filled up with water, Byers said, adding that if someone is drowning, it's best to notify a lifeguard than to try to save them yourself.

Mayor John Tory expressed his condolences Sunday morning, calling the events of Saturday a tragedy for all.

People have to really be mindful of safety in terms of how far off shore they are, what their swimming abilities are, wearing life jackets and all those things. But it's a tragedy when these things happen," he said.

Margaryta Ignatenko is a breaking news reporter, working out of the Star's radio room in Toronto. Follow her on Twitter: @MargarytaIgnat1