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Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
Teams continue search for girl in Raccoon River
The girl had been on an inflatable raft and got off it
DES MOINES — The Des Moines police dive team continued its searching Thursday for an 11-year-old girl who hasn't been seen since she got off an inflatable raft in the Raccoon River.
Police said officers and firefighters were called to the river just before 6 p.m. Wednesday on a report of a child who fell into the water. They learned the girl had been in a raft with two other children when she got off, went underwater and didn't resurface.
The city's fire department water emergency team searched the river and banks without success, and the police dive team responded. They didn't find the girl Wednesday and searchers resumed their efforts Thursday.
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