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Search intensifies for missing girl after 10-year-old boy dies in Passaic River tragedy
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10-year-old boy may have saved sister's life before dying in Passaic River: mayorPASSAIC, New Jersey (WABC) -- A 10-year-old boy may have died while saving his 11-year-old sister after the children were swept into the Passaic River, according to the city's mayor.
Divers recovered the boy's body shortly after 10 p.m. Wednesday, while crews resumed their search Thursday morning for a third child, a 10-year-old girl who remains missing.
Passaic Mayor Hector Lora said the surviving girl told him her brother helped save her life as the children struggled in the water.
According to the mayor, the boy pushed his sister toward rocks near the riverbank, allowing her to climb out safely.
Loved ones stood watch along the Passaic River on Thursday as law enforcement continued their search and recovery operation for the 10-year-old girl from Garfied.