Terrell “Terry” Iandiorio, a 46-year-old litigation and government enforcement counsel at Ropes & Gray in Boston, drowned in a rip current last week in Nantucket, a popular island vacation spot off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

According to local news reports, a lifeguard found Iandiorio face down in the rough waters off Nobadeer Beach around noon on Aug. 16. The beach was closed to swimmers at the time due to a high surf caused by Hurricane Gert. Rescuers pulled more than 25 people from the water and were looking for a child in distress when they reportedly found an unresponsive Iandiorio.