Nebraska Officials Search the Missouri River Near Omaha for Two Teens and a Child

Nebraska Officials Search the Missouri River Near Omaha for Two Teens and a Child
First responders search the Missouri River near N.P. Dodge Park, Wednesday, April 16, 2025, in Omaha, Neb. First responders are searching for two 18-year-olds and an 11-year-old girl missing in the Missouri River. Nikos Frazier/Omaha World-Herald via AP
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OMAHA, Neb.—Firefighters and police searched Wednesday for the bodies of two teens and a child who went missing in the frigid waters of Missouri River at Omaha, Nebraska, a fire and rescue officials said.

Several sonar-equipped boats, a police helicopter and drones were being used to search for two 18-year-old women and an 11-year-old girl who went into the water Tuesday evening while fishing from the shore at N.P. Dodge Memorial Park in northeast Omaha, Omaha Fire Battalion Chief Coby Werner said. A fourth girl, who is 13, was able to make it to the shore on her own Tuesday evening and was treated for hypothermia at a hospital.