Rescuers are searching for fifteen-year-old man, 14-year-old woman and 8-year-old woman who we last seen entering the Mississippi River near the Crescent City Connection Bridge in New Orleans, US Coast Guard 8th District Hartland reported in a news release on Sunday.
Dont clear how and why children entered the water. Several rescue teams involved in search, including New Orleans police and fire departments, the helicopter crew of the Coast Guard airfield and the crews of several boats, the release says.
New Orleans Regional Transportation Authority suspends operations of the Algiers Canal Street Ferry while the Coast Guard searched area, according to CNN affiliate WDSU. ferry service remains suspended as of Sunday morning, the branch reports.
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