Search
finds ‘victim’ at friend’s home
Capsized boat leads officials to fear the worst
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BY MEGAN NICHOLS 7/
5/ 2006
Emergency workers spent
nearly four hours Monday searching for
the missing oc- cupants of a capsized boat
on It turned out they weren’t missing at all.
Susan Griffin, spokeswoman for the An- derson |
started out by searching the
islands from about seven boats, Mr. Brissey said. The Sher- iff’s Office’s helicopter
also was used, he said. Boats and a couple of dozen emergency workers
started trickling in to River Forks Recreation
Area, where the search was Based, at about 3 p.m. Some
seemed amused, while others seemed mildly
irritated that |
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Search crews from the |
er of the boat, whose name is not being re-leased
simply went with his companion to a friend’s home after the boat capsized. She said he
had no idea that a search par- ty had been organized for him. Ike
Brissey, with the Emergency Services Division, said that the search started at around 11a m after the cap- sized boat was found. Workers from area agencies,
including the Sheriff’s Office, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources,
the Anderson County Fire Department, the US Army Corps of Engineers and the
Anderson County Emergency Services Division |
they spent much of the day
searching for a man who was not lost. Ms. Griffin said a search of this size
would cost agencies big bucks. “Just to get that thing rolling is not
cheap,” said Ms. Griffin, gesturing to the But, officials said, these things do
happen. “At the end of the day, we’re just glad
he’s not hurt,” Mr. Brissey said. Megan Nichols can be reached
at (800) 859-6397 or by e-mail at nicholsmg@IndependentMail.com |