(Hammond, IN) - The search is still ongoing for two men last seen on Lake Michigan last week.

 

According to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, a dozen people were on a boat near Hammond on Friday when one man jumped into the lake to swim.  He began struggling in the water, though, which led to another man jumping in from the boat to try and help, but he also began to struggle. 

 

Both men were not wearing life jackets, DNR officials said.

 

A third man on the boat put on a life jacket and jumped in but the three men drifted from each other due to the wind and waves. 

 

The two men without floatation devices, eventually, disappeared beneath the water's surface, authorities said.  The man wearing the life jacket was found by the U.S. Coast Guard and taken to a hospital where he was later released.  

 

So far, the names of the missing individuals were still being withheld.