Rescuers in New Jersey are still searching for a 10-year-old girl after finding her 10-year-old brother's body in the Passaic River late Wednesday night, Passaic Mayor Hector Lora told reporters. Lora hoped aloud that the little girl was still alive, hypothesizing that her deceased brother helped push her to safety. The search and rescue operations included members of the Passaic Police Department, the Passaic County Sheriff's Office and the New Jersey State Police. Passaic Police and other assisting agencies search the Passaic River after two children were swept into the river in the vicinity of Veterans court near a park in Passaic, N.J., Thursday, July 30, 2026. Original article source: 10-year-old boy's body pulled from New Jersey river as rescuers search for his sister