Rescue crews have been trying to find a 15-year-old boy and two women, ages 14 and eight, who had been final seen coming into the river close to the Crescent Metropolis Connection Bridge, the Coast Guard mentioned.
Officers did not say how and why the youngsters entered the water, however CNN affiliate WDSU reported that it seems one of many women fell into the river and the opposite two youngsters tried to avoid wasting her.
Rescuers searched greater than 90 miles alongside the Mississippi River for the youngsters, the Coast Guard mentioned in a information launch Sunday.
“The choice to droop any search and rescue case isn’t straightforward however contemplating the in depth search efforts of our Coast Guard women and men, along side different response companies, I’ve made the troublesome choice to droop our lively seek for the three youngsters,” Capt. Kelly Denning, Coast Guard Sector New Orleans commander, mentioned within the launch. “Our prayers are with the households throughout this troublesome time.”
A number of rescue groups had been concerned within the search, together with the New Orleans police and fireplace departments, a Coast Guard Air Station helicopter crew and a number of other boat crews, the Coast Guard mentioned.
The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority suspended service of its Algiers-Canal Road ferry because the Coast Guard searched the world, in accordance with WDSU.
