Rescuers are searching for a 15-year-old boy and two girls, aged 14 and 8, who were last seen entering the river near the Crescent City Connection Bridge, the Coast Guard said. Authorities did not say how or why the children entered the water, but WDSU, a subsidiary of CNN, said one of the girls appeared to have fallen into the river and the other two children tried to save her. Rescuers have searched more than 90 miles along the Mississippi River for the children, the Coast Guard said in a press release Sunday. men and women from the Coast Guard, along with other response agencies, have made the difficult decision to stop our active search for the three children, “said Captain Kelly Denning, commander of the New Orleans Coast Guard.” Our prayers are with families. during this difficult time. ”
Several rescue teams were involved in the search, including New Orleans police and firefighters, a Coast Guard helicopter crew and several boat crews, the Coast Guard said.
The New Orleans Regional Transit Service stopped servicing its ferry on Algeria-Canal Street as the Coast Guard searched the area, according to WDSU.
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