Updated, 12:50 p.m. Wednesday:
PLAIN — Authorities identified the kayaker who drowned Tuesday afternoon on the Wenatchee River in Plain as 61-year-old Michael R. Lawrance of Hollywood, Florida, according to a press release from the Chelan County Sheriff's Office.
Lawrance was seen struggling to swim after a kayak around 1:23 p.m. Tuesday south of the Chapel Drive bridge in Plain.
Responders recovered him at the bottom of the river in 5-foot deep water, said Sgt. Kent Sisson with Chelan County…