UPDATE 2:55PM EST, July 3, 2007: Yeshivaworld has just been informed that a positive ID has just been made by the OPP - and it is in fact the body of Eli Horowitz Z”L. 2:48PM EST July 3, 2007:Yeshivaworld has just been informed that a body was found by a fisherman a few moments ago in Toronto the North Bay Waterfront. The OPP are working to confirm that this is in fact the bodyÝof Eli Horowitz who went missing last summer while on a fishing trip with his father-in-law in Lake Nipissing.
Eli Horowitz, 30, and his father-in-law, Heine Mondrowitz Z”L , went missing on Aug. 21 2006 after renting a boat for a fishing trip. Their boat was found empty two hours later, with no sign of them.
The body of Heine Mondrowitz Z”L was found a few days later on the shore.
Massive search and rescue crews scoured the area for weeks by air, land & sea, but no trace of the body of Eli Horowitz was found until today.

Strangers heed call to search for missing anglers
Overturned boat: Jewish community reaches out to help Toronto family

Natalie Alcoba, National Post
Published: Wednesday, August 23, 2006

More than 100 members of Toronto's Jewish community travelled north to Lake Nipissing to help search for two men who set off fishing on Monday and never returned. Eli Horowitz, 30, and his father-in-law, Heine Mondrowitz, 56, were staying in a south shore lodge and set out on a rented, 19-foot boat to go fishing and swimming around 3:30 p.m., police said. Their overturned boat drifted back to the North Bay shore about two hours later, with no sign of either man.

Mr. Horowitz lives with his wife and three young children in the Bathurst Street and Lawrence Avenue area and word quickly spread that he was missing. His father-in-law lives in Richmond Hill.

"Calls were made, doors were knocked on at midnight last night," said David Stein, Mr. Horowitz's close friend who helped organize the contingent of searchers that boarded helicopters, rode on boats and hiked the edges of the expansive lake alongside Ontario Provincial Police officers. The North Bay Marine Unit and SAVE Team boats were part of the intensive search.

"Half the people who are out here searching for him don't even know him," marvelled Mr. Stein, as he waded through a metre of water along Lake Nipissing shore yesterday evening and continued looking for his friend. The waters appeared calm, he noted.

"We keep on searching and hoping for the best," he said. Mr. Horowitz's wife was part of the search, and his children were in the area. It is not clear whether he is an experienced fisherman.

Mr. Horowitz runs his own business and is active at his synagogue, friends said. He is a member of a volunteer paramedic group that operates along the Bathurst corridor and caters to the Jewish community.

"He is extremely active in helping other people," said Philip Mund, another friend who sent out an appeal for volunteer searchers that was posted on the UJA Federation Web site.

"He's a tough little guy, and he's always well-liked," Mr. Stein said.

"We just want to express our thanks to the literally hundreds of people who dropped everything and came to help," he added.