Secrets hidden in water: Police dive teams recover vehicles submerged in Deerfield lake

Susan Stocker / South Florida Sun Sentinel

Alex Beer, chief diver with the Broward Sheriff's Office Dive Rescue Team, uses a communication box to talk to divers searching for submerged vehicles in Sailboat Lake on Tuesday in Deerfield Beach. he dive teams from the Sheriff's Office and Pembroke Pines Police partnered with Guardians for the Missing to locate and recover multiple vehicles submerged in the lake just north of Sample Road and west of Military Trail. The nonprofit organization uses sonar technology to locate submerged vehicles with the hope of helping families find their missing loved ones.

Susan Stocker / South Florida Sun Sentinel

Broward Sheriff's Office rescue diver Taylor Rosenthal is helped out of the water by fellow deputy Christopher Vinson on Tuesday at Sailboat Lake in Deerfield Beach. The dive teams from the Sheriff's Office and Pembroke Pines Police partnered with Guardians for the Missing to locate and recover multiple vehicles submerged in the lake just north of Sample Road and west of Military Trail. The nonprofit organization uses sonar technology to locate submerged vehicles with the hope of helping families find their missing loved ones.

Susan Stocker / South Florida Sun Sentinel

Alison McManus, co-founder of Guardians for the Missing, watches as a vehicle is pulled out of Sailboat Lake on Tuesday in Deerfield Beach. The nonprofit organization uses sonar technology to locate submerged vehicles with the hope of helping families find their missing loved ones.