SPARROWBUSH, N.Y. (AP) - Authorities were searching for a
17-year-old boy who was missing after his raft flipped over on the
Delaware River.
Obinna Okoro of Union, N.J., was on a high school rafting trip
Monday when the raft he and four others were riding in capsized on
a stretch of river near Sparrowbush, about 60 miles northwest of
New York City.
Area fire departments, New York state police and National Park
Service officials searched the river with rescue boats and a state
police helicopter until late Monday afternoon. Authorities were
still searching for Okoro as of 3:30 p.m. Tuesday.
According to the National Park Service Web site, rapids on the
Delaware River are usually considered Class I, or easy. The river
can rise quickly after rain and the river was about 6 feet high
Monday, which can produce intermediate or advanced rapids.
Park service officials contacted all companies licensed to rent
boats on the river Sunday and advised caution due to rising water,
Sandra Schultz, an assistant superintendent for the park service's
Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River, told the Times
Herald-Record of Middletown.
(Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
17-year-old boy who was missing after his raft flipped over on the
Delaware River.
Obinna Okoro of Union, N.J., was on a high school rafting trip
Monday when the raft he and four others were riding in capsized on
a stretch of river near Sparrowbush, about 60 miles northwest of
New York City.
Area fire departments, New York state police and National Park
Service officials searched the river with rescue boats and a state
police helicopter until late Monday afternoon. Authorities were
still searching for Okoro as of 3:30 p.m. Tuesday.
According to the National Park Service Web site, rapids on the
Delaware River are usually considered Class I, or easy. The river
can rise quickly after rain and the river was about 6 feet high
Monday, which can produce intermediate or advanced rapids.
Park service officials contacted all companies licensed to rent
boats on the river Sunday and advised caution due to rising water,
Sandra Schultz, an assistant superintendent for the park service's
Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River, told the Times
Herald-Record of Middletown.
(Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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