The Milwaukee Fire Department is searching for an 11-year-old boy and two men in their late 30’s who they said went into the water in a drainage ditch. Milwaukee police said they got calls around 6:00 Monday night for a boy that fell into the water near 25th and Tripoli, which they said is a part of the KK river. Police said the two men jumped in after the boy to rescue him, but all three were swept away. No one has seen the three people since, according to first responders. Rescue crews checked every manhole in the area and stationed outside the tunnels near 27th and Morgan, as well as 27th and Loomis. The assistant fire chief said the water was too deep and fast moving for divers. He said there was also a risk of debris in the tunnel, which made going in with a raft too dangerous. Crews temporarily called off the search around 9:30 Tuesday night. The assistant chief said they would resume again at first daylight in the morning, once it was bright enough to see. He said since the rainfall caused the water to rise, he hopes by morning it might go down enough for crews to safely venture into the tunnels. It’s unclear why the boy was near the water in the first place. Rescue crews used drones to check the tunnels at their openings, buoys to gauge how fast the water was and where debris may stop someone and stretched ropes for the victims to grab hold of along the water route. The assistant fire chief said it is possible the victims could suffer from hypothermia overnight, because of how cold the water is. The Milwaukee Fire Department dive and urban rescue team was working on the scene, as well as Milwaukee Police Department’s underwater dive team. Both were working with municipal sewer crews to learn where and when the tunnels turn along the water route.
MILWAUKEE —
The Milwaukee Fire Department is searching for an 11-year-old boy and two men in their late 30’s who they said went into the water in a drainage ditch.
Milwaukee police said they got calls around 6:00 Monday night for a boy that fell into the water near 25th and Tripoli, which they said is a part of the KK river.
Police said the two men jumped in after the boy to rescue him, but all three were swept away.
No one has seen the three people since, according to first responders.
Rescue crews checked every manhole in the area and stationed outside the tunnels near 27th and Morgan, as well as 27th and Loomis.
The assistant fire chief said the water was too deep and fast moving for divers. He said there was also a risk of debris in the tunnel, which made going in with a raft too dangerous.
Crews temporarily called off the search around 9:30 Tuesday night. The assistant chief said they would resume again at first daylight in the morning, once it was bright enough to see. He said since the rainfall caused the water to rise, he hopes by morning it might go down enough for crews to safely venture into the tunnels.
It’s unclear why the boy was near the water in the first place.
Rescue crews used drones to check the tunnels at their openings, buoys to gauge how fast the water was and where debris may stop someone and stretched ropes for the victims to grab hold of along the water route.
The assistant fire chief said it is possible the victims could suffer from hypothermia overnight, because of how cold the water is.
The Milwaukee Fire Department dive and urban rescue team was working on the scene, as well as Milwaukee Police Department’s underwater dive team. Both were working with municipal sewer crews to learn where and when the tunnels turn along the water route.
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