Officials who have been searching for multiple days for a missing fishing team missing since Saturday believe there is “no chance” they survived.
TWRA Regional Communications Coordinator Amy Spencer gave details on the search as agency and volunteer efforts began Wednesday morning.
The update from the tragic accident involving three fishermen on the Tennessee River at Pickwick Dam said this is now a search and recovery operation as opposed to search and rescue.
Spencer went on to say that conditions, including the way the boat was wrecked and water temperature, make it so there is no chance the three could have survived.
The two teenagers and one of their fathers have been missing since Saturday.
Jon R Myers is the executive editor of Alcorn County News and the founder of the Mississippi News Group, which he started in 2013 to cover communities across North Mississippi. He also founded the Mississippi Sports Group in 2006, which grew from a single community publication into a statewide network covering high school and college athletics. He reports on local government, public safety, schools and community life in Corinth and Alcorn County, working from public meetings, agency records and interviews with the people involved. Contact him at editor@alcornnewsms.com with news tips or corrections. For a correction, include the article link and supporting source material.
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