By: Channel 9 Eyewitness News:
Recovery operations on the Big Sioux River at Falls Park in Sioux Falls will be suspended at 8PM tonight if the body of 28-year-old Lyle Francis Eagletail is not located. Safety concerns make it impossible for workers to extend the search after dark. Earlier Friday crews diverted water upstream from Falls Park in an effort to improve search operations by lowering water levels.
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) _ Crews have recovered the body of a teenager who drowned in Sioux Falls after trying to save her 6-year-old brother from an icy river.
Sioux Falls Fire Chief Jim Sideras says 16-year-old Madison Leigh Wallace's body was found Friday afternoon.
Wallace jumped into the Big Sioux River at Falls Park on Thursday night after her 6-year-old brother either fell into the frothing water or became obscured by the gathering foam. Sideras has said Garrett Martin Wallace was not injured.
The body of a Sioux Falls man who jumped in to help, 28-year-old Lyle Francis Eagletail, has not been recovered.
By: Channel 9 Eyewitness News
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Police have released the names of the 2 people who are now presumed drowned in Sioux Falls.
They are 16 year old Madison Wallace from Vermillion, the sister of the 6 year old boy Garrett who initially fell in the water. The other person is 28 year old Lyle Eagletail of Sioux Falls.
Eagletail jumped in the water after he saw the other two in the water.
Police are still searching for the two.
We'll continue to monitor the situation and bring you more information as it becomes available.
By: Channel 9 Eyewitness News
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Emergency crews are searching the Big Sioux River for two adults who went underwater after rescuing a boy who had fallen into the strong current.
Sioux Falls Fire Chief Jim Sideras says an emergency call came in just after 6 p.m. Thursday reporting that a 4-year-old boy had fallen into the river in Falls Park. The caller then said two adults who had rescued the boy went underwater just down river from the waterfalls.
Sideras says the water temperature is hovering around freezing. He says crews also are working against the river's strong current and lots of foam, which firefighters are trying to blow away.
The surrounding park, a city tourist attraction, has been roped off with police tape. Sideras says the boy's condition and the adults' identities weren't immediately known.
